Tomahawk: Materiality and Depictions of the Haudenosaunee.

The article investigates the enduring stereotype of the cruel and warlike Iroquois in early American writings and visual representations. It looks at the tomahawk as a material object that reifies this stereotype and appears repeatedly across visual, written, and material culture through the eightee...

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Published in:	Early American Literature Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 475 - 512
Main Author:	Stevens, Scott Manning
Format:	Article
Published:	University of North Carolina Press 2018
Subjects:	Haudenosaunee (North American people) Native Americans in literature Indigenous peoples of the Americas in art History of material culture Tomahawks European Americans Eighteenth century Nineteenth century
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