Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index.
Part I: The Oneida homeland -- The Oneida homeland in the Seventeenth century / William A. Starna -- Reverend Samuel Kirkland and the Oneida Indians / James P. Ronda -- The Oneidas and the American Revolution / Barbara Graymont -- Part II: The Oneida time of troubles, 1784-1934 -- The Oneida treaty period, 1783-1838 / Jack Campisi -- The Wisconsin Oneidas in the preallotment years / Reginald Horseman -- The allotment of the Oneidas Reservation and its legal ramifications / Arlinda Locklear -- Part III: The Oneida reemergence, 1900 to the present -- Recollections of an Urban Indian community: The Oneidas of Milwaukee / Nancy O. Lurie --Oneida women leaders / Thelma Cornelius McLester -- William Skenandore / Francis Skenandore -- Recollections of the Works Progress Administration's Oneida language and folklore project, 1938-41 / Floyd Loundsbury -- Three WPA stories -- Recollections of the Oneida language revival, 1972-85, by participants in the program / Orville Clark, Clifford Abbott, Amos Christjohn, Marie Hinton -- Oneida traditions / Gloria Halbritter, Loretta Metoxen, Judy Cornelius, Gerald L. Hill, Robert Smith, Purcell Powless -- Educating the next generation of Oneidas / Norbert S. Hill, Jr. -- Oneida educational planning: Assessing community needs today / Rosalie M. Robertson -- Educational development for the Oneida reservation: The Oneida tribal school and beyond / William A. Gollnick