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- Title
"LOCATION OF EXCHANGE": ALGONQUIAN AND IROQUOIAN OCCUPATION IN THE ADIRONDACKS BEFORE AND AFTER CONTACT.
- Authors
OTIS, Melissa
- Abstract
Despite westernized reports to the contrary, occupation oc-curred in the Adirondacks before and after European contact. Seasonal encampments scattered throughout the region were part of Iroquoian and Algonquian peoples labour for resource gathering that occurred year-round and for extended periods. The area also became a haven from co-lonial warfare for some Indigenous peoples; these communities dispersed by the mid-nineteenth century. Land pressures around the reservations of Akwesasne and Odanak forced some peoples to go elsewhere. A few who chose the Adirondacks settled there until White homesteaders moved nearby chasing away game. By the mid-nineteenth century especially Abenaki families settled around established tourist towns. I argue these are all examples of Indigenous occupation and we need to acknowledge this and how their occupation adapted over time.
- Subjects
ADIRONDACK Mountains (N.Y.); ALGONQUIANS (North American peoples); IROQUOIANS (North American peoples); COLONIAL United States, ca. 1600-1775; AKWESASNE Indian Reserve (Quebec &; Ont.); ABENAKI (North American people)
- Publication
Environment, Space, Place, 2013, Vol 5, Issue 2, p7
- ISSN
2066-5377
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7761/esp.5.2.7