POLITICAL ORATORY OF THE NORTHERN IROQUOIS: A TRANSLATION
FAIN: RL-20227-82
Michael K. Foster
Unaffiliated Independent Scholar (Canada 00000 Canada)
To support transcription, analysis, and translation of the political oratory ofthe League of the Iroquois, used in diplomatic negotiations between Europeans and Native Americans in the Colonial period. The work is based on recorded speeches of a ceremonial leader who retains an active knowledge of the oratory.