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William Nelson Fenton (1908–2005)

Author of The False Faces of the Iroquois

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Includes the names: William N. Fenton, William N. Fenton, William N. Fenton Edited

Works by William Nelson Fenton

The False Faces of the Iroquois (1987) 34 copies

The Great Law and the Longhouse: A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy (1998) 32 copies

The Iroquois Eagle Dance: An Offshoot of the Calumet Dance (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors) (1991) 17 copies

The Roll Call of the Iroquois Chiefs : A Study of a Mnemonic Cane from the Six Nations Reserve (1980) 13 copies

Masked Medicine Societies of the Iroquois (1940) 11 copies

American Indian and white relations to 1830, needs & opportunities for study; an essay (1971) 10 copies

The Little Water Medicine Society of The Senecas (Volume 242) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) (2002) 10 copies

Symposium on Local Diversity in Iroquois Culture (1976) — Editor — 9 copies

Iroquois Journey: An Anthropologist Remembers (The Iroquoians and Their World) (2007) 8 copies

Symposium on Cherokee and Iroquois Culture; [papers] (2016) 6 copies

Songs from the Iroquois longhouse: Program notes for an album of American Indian music from the eastern woodlands ... (From records in the Archive of American folk song, the… (1942) 4 copies

William Fenton: Selected Writings (The Iroquoians and Their World) (2009) 4 copies

Problems arising from the historic northeastern position of the Iroquois 3 copies

Contacts between Iroquois herbalism and colonial medicine (2007) 3 copies

The Iroquois eagle dance. 1 copy

Anthropological papers, No. 56. Factionalism at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, 1 copy

American Indian and white relations to 1830. 1 copy

Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 149: Symposium on Local Diversity in Iroquois Culture 1 copy

The Iroquois Eagle Dance: An Offshoot of the Calumet Dance with an Analysis of the Iroquois Eagle Dance and Songs, by Gertrude Prokosch Kurath (Bureau of American Ethnology, No.… 1 copy

A Quarterly Publication of Curator, 1960, Vol. 3, No. 4 1 copy

Tonawanda Longhouse ceremonies : ninety years after Lewis Henry Morgan 1 copy

Iroquois suicide a study in the stability of a culture pattern 1 copy

"Medicinal Plant Lore of the Iroquois; Chauncey Johnny John and James Crow Instruct He-Lost-a-Bet in the Use of Native Plants," 1 copy

Iroquois Anthropology at the Mid-Century (1951) 1 copy

Anthropological papers No. 15. Tonawanda longhouse ceremonies: Ninety years after Lewis Henry Morgan, 1 copy

Anthropological papers No. 14. Iroquois suicide: A study in the stability of a culture pattern, 1 copy

Ontario Series XLIX: Customs of the American Indians Compared with Those of the Customs of Primitive Times by Father Joseph Francois Lafitau, Vol. 1 1 copy

Ontario Series XLIX: Customs of the American Indians Compared with Those of the Customs of Primitive Times by Father Joseph Francois Lafitau, Vol. 2 1 copy

"Pennsylvania's Remaining Indian Settlement," 1 copy

A Calendar of Manuscript Materials Relating to the History of the Six Nations of iroquois Indians in Depositories Outside of Philadelphia, 1750-1850, Proc. of Am. Philosophical… 1 copy

"Factionalism in American Indian Society," 1 copy

Wampum, the Magnet that Drew Furs from the Forest. The Great Law and the Longhouse. 1 copy

Collecting Materials for a Political History of the Six Nations, Proc. of Am. Philosophical Soc., 94(3) (Nov. 3, 1949), 233-238 1 copy

Iroquois Studies at the Mid-Century, Proc. of Am. Philosophical Soc., 95(3) (Jun. 1951), 296-310, 1 copy

Factionalism at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico 1 copy

"Toward the Gradual Civilization of the Indian Natives: The Missionary and Linguistic Work of Asher Wright (1803-1875) among the Senecas of Western New York," 1 copy

Associated Works

American Indian Art: Form and Tradition (1972) — Contributor — 54 copies

Seneca Myths and Folk Tales (1923) — Introduction, some editions — 38 copies

Parker on the Iroquois (1981) — Editor, some editions — 36 copies, 1 review

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Birthdate: 1908-12-15
Date of death: 2005-06-17
Gender: male
Education: University of Rochester (1931)
Yale University (Ph.D|1937)
Occupations: professor (Anthropology|State University of New York|SUNY)
director (New York State Museum)
enthologist (Smithsonian Institution)
Organizations: American Anthropological Association
Places of residence: New Rochelle, New York, USA (birth)
Cooperstown, New York, USA (death)
Associated Place (for map): New York, USA

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Works: 36
Also by: 3
Members: 186
Popularity: #116,757
Rating: 3.9

ISBNs: 26

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