The People of the Standing Stone ─ The Oneida Nation from the Revolution Through the Era of Removal

Experiencing the triple devastation of war, dispossession, and division across a wide geographic area in the eight decades that began with the American Revolution, the "Oneidas of the post-Revolution generation were reluctant pioneers, undertaking more of the adaptations to colonized life than any other generation," according to Tiro (Xavier U.), who examines Oneida adaptations and efforts to maintain continuity across these 80 years as they interacted with Euro-American settlers and the agents of state and national governments. His main aim is to look at how the Oneidas negotiated issues of religion, land use, relocation, political loyalty, rights, and governance, among others, in order to provide some understanding of the origins and rights they continue to assert, including the contemporary efforts to reclaim land in the state of New York. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Karim M. Tiro is associate professor of history at Xavier University in Cincinnati. He is coeditor of Along the Hudson and Mohawk: The 1790 Journey of Count Paolo Andreani.