{"product_id":"in-divided-unity-theresa-mccarthy-9780816537297","title":"In Divided Unity: Haudenosaunee Reclamation at Grand River","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Best First Book in Native American and Indigenous Studies Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In February 2006, the Six Nations occupation of a 132-acre construction site in Caledonia, Ontario, reignited a 200-year-long struggle to reclaim land and rights in the Grand River region. Framed by this ongoing reclamation, \u003ci\u003eIn Divided Unity\u003c\/i\u003e explores community-based initiatives that promote Haudenosaunee traditionalism and languages at Six Nations of the Grand River as crucial enactments of sovereignty both historically and in the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing from Haudenosaunee oral traditions, languages, and community-based theorists, \u003ci\u003eIn Divided Unity\u003c\/i\u003e engages the intersecting themes of knowledge production and resistance against the backdrop of the complicated dynamics of the Six Nations community, which has the largest population of all First Nations in Canada. Comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora nations, citizens of the Six Nations Confederacy collectively refer to themselves as Haudenosaunee, which means \"we build the house.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Theresa McCarthy critiques settler colonial narratives of Haudenosaunee decline used to rationalize land theft and political subjugation. In particular, McCarthy illustrates that current efforts to discredit the reclamation continue to draw on the flawed characterizations of Haudenosaunee tradition, factionalism, and \"failed\" self-government popularized by conventional scholarship about the Iroquois. Countering these narratives of decline and failure, McCarthy argues that the 2006 reclamation ushered in an era of profound intellectual and political resurgence at Six Nations, propelled by the contributions of Haudenosaunee women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Centering Haudenosaunee intellectual traditions, \u003ci\u003eIn Divided Unity\u003c\/i\u003e provides an important new model for community-based activism and scholarship. Through the active practice and adaptation of ancient teachings and philosophies, McCarthy shows that the Grand River Haudenosaunee are continuing to successfully meet the challenges of reclaiming their land, political autonomy, and control of their future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theresa McCarthy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816537291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816537297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Theresa McCarthy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438020243711,"sku":"9780816537297","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_924a8972-3958-42d4-8ea8-e3aa188eb221.jpg?v=1777168254","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-divided-unity-theresa-mccarthy-9780816537297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}