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The Iroquois Book of Rites
ISBN: 9781442652361
Platform/Publisher: De Gruyter / University of Toronto Press
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The Iroquois Book of Rites was translated and edited by Hale from two Indian manuscripts found at Grand River, with the help of informants and interpreters. The various parts of the Book of Rites throw valuable light on the political and social life, as well as the character and capacity, of the Iroquois.

Horatio Hale, F.R.S.C. (1817-1896), a lawyer and resident of Clinton, Ontario, was a distinguished contributor to American ethnology and linguistics, one of his special fields of interest being the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Fenton William :

William N. Fenton (1908 - 2005) was an American scholar and writer known for his extensive studies of Iroquois history and culture.

Horatio Hale, F.R.S.C. (1817-1896), a lawyer and resident of Clinton, Ontario, was a distinguished contributor to American ethnology and linguistics, one of his special fields of interest being the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.

William N. Fenton (1908 - 2005) was an American scholar and writer known for his extensive studies of Iroquois history and culture.