After King Philip's War

By Colin G. Calloway

Book Overview

The 1676 killing of Metacomet, the tribal leader dubbed "King Philip" by colonists, is commonly seen as a watershed event, marking the end of a bloody war, dissolution of Indian society in New England, and even the disappearance of Native peoples from the region. This collection challenges that assumption, showing that Indians adapted and survived, existing quietly on the fringes of Yankee society, less visible than before but nonetheless retaining a distinct identity and heritage. While confinement on tiny reservations, subjection to increasing state regulation, enforced abandonment of traditional dress and means of support, and racist policies did cause dramatic changes, Natives nonetheless managed to maintain their Indianness through customs, kinship, and community.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874518199
• ISBN13: 9780874518191
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Never running out of questions to ask, and always engrossed in the answers!

This book was amazing in its capacity to create a three dimensionality, to an otherwise unacknowledged subject matter. In its pages the reader is almost shown a whole other "history"/ "historical sequence of events" at least. These events, at least for me, were not part of the curriculum of American History during elementary school. Everyday I discover yet again, the truth in the statement, "The more you learn, the more you will question, and the more you will find that you don't know/wish to know more about." This title not only points the reader toward the shape that the events it is framed around may take, but guides the reader toward forming more questions.