>Try two books: Smithsonian Institution's Handbook on North American Indians,
>vol. 14: The Northeast (I believe the Mohawk section was written by William
>Fenton -- you might call him direct, he's very knowledgeable and very easy to
>talk to. He lives in Slingerlands, NY. The second book is more obvious and
>less directed toward Mohawk culture, per se: Henry Lewis Morgan's League of the
>Ho-de-no-sau-nee. Also contact the Anthro dept at SUNY Albany, especially Dean
>Snow and Mary Mithun (possibly in languages). Try also the American Indian
>program at St. Lawrence University -- it has very good contacts with Akwasasne.
>There is also an up and coming program at Cornell University. Contact Robert
>LaFrance or Dan Usner (latter in History Dept., I believe). Oh, and try John
>Mohawk at Potsdam University. Then too, try George Hammell or Charles Gehring
>at the New York State Museum -- they all are well versed in Iroquoian issues
>and could be of help to you. Good Luck! (P.S. there is a powwow at Suny
>Albany on 9/24-25 with a significant number of Iroquois attending)
Just a few corrections to make. Volume 15 is the Northeast. It's Lewis Henry
Morgan. Marianne Mithun is teaching in California now. I don't know if John
Mohawk also teaches at Potsdam, but he certainly is at the American Studies
department at SUNY at Buffalo.
-Pat Crowe, SUNY at Buffalo