The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization. (book reviews)

Richer, Daniel K. The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992. xvi + 436 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00 cloth; $17.95 paper

Despite Daniel Richter's somewhat self-deprecating introduction, The Ordeal of the Longhouse is among the best books I have read recently in American Indian history. The careful research, the wealth of details on sources, and the many insight into Iroqouis history in the early colonial period make it an important book for scholars of Native history and ...

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