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The Fry Site: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Perspectives on the Maumee River Ottawa of Northwest Ohio, by David M. Stothers, The University of Toledo, Ohio and Patrick M. Tucker, French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan, Detroit
Description:
The Fry site (33Lu165) was an Ottawa (Odawa) farmstead on the lower Maumee River of Ohio that existed A.D. 1814-1832. Excavations revealed an Ottawa bark burial with trade goods, a cabin or shack, and an animal pen or compound. The material culture consisted of a wide variety of Native and Euro-American manufactured artifacts, including trade silver. Faunal and floral remains recovered indicate a rich and varied diet that consisted of cattle, sheep, hogs, chicken, non-domesticated mammals, corn, fish, reptiles, and mollusks. The farmstead resided on the U.S. Twelve Miles Square Reserve granted to the Roche de Boeuf and Wolf Rapids bands of Ottawa that were removed from the Maumee River in Ohio to the Marais des Cygnes River, Kansas Territory, in 1832.
The history of these Ottawa bands can be traced to the 18th century great war chief Pontiac and Atawang who fled Detroit, with their followers, to Missionary Island in the Maumee River after an unsuccessful attempt to usurp British control over North America in 1763. The Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma today are the descendants of these Maumee River Ottawa.
The material culture of the Ottawa farmstead and the ethnohistorical record of these bands suggest there was no radical culture change in the transition from British to American control and influence at the beginning of the 19th century. Measurement of the occupation’s intensity of cultural exchange and continuity of traditional culture indicate there was far less interaction between the Maumee Ottawa and American frontier society than previously believed. This was the result of a substantial degree of resistance by these Ottawa to the American government’s efforts to assimilate them into white culture and convert them to Christianity.
Publication Details:
Printed: 282 pages, 8.50" x 11.00", perfect binding, 60# white interior paper, black and white interior ink , 100# exterior paper, full-color exterior ink, ISBN 978-1-4303-0429-6
Contents: table of contents, preface, acknowledgments, dedication, 8 chapters, 18 tables, 39 figures, 2 appendices, notes, and references cited.
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Publisher: LuLu Press, Inc., Morrisville, NC, USA. Order from LuLu Press, Inc. (http://www.lulu.com). Cost is $22.68 for paperback plus $4.21 (shipping for U.S. residents) or $5.38 (shipping for Canadian residents). PDF download is $12.50.. Order direct on-line at www.LuLu.com by credit card or secure paypal account, or through any bookstore, ebay.com, etc., with the ISBN 978-1-4303-0429-6. Retail price is different from publisher. Address all inquiries to David M. Stothers ([log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]) or Patrick M. Tucker ([log in to unmask]).
Copyright: © 2006 Standard Copyright License
Language: English
Country: United States
Keywords: Ohio Maumee River Ottawa Ethnohistory Historical Archaeology
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