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Freemasonry has played a significant role in the history of Native Americans since the colonial era—a role whose extent and meaning are fully explored for the first time in this book. The overarching concern of Native American Freemasonry is with how Masonry met specific social and personal needs of Native Americans, a theme developed across three periods: the revolutionary era, the last third of the nineteenth century, and the years following the First World War. Joy Porter positions Freemasonry within its historical context, examining its social and political impact as a transatlantic phenomenon at the heart of the colonizing process. She then explores its meaning for many key Native leaders, for ethnic groups that sought to make connections through it, and for the bulk of its American membership—the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant middle class.

Through research gleaned from archives in New York, Philadelphia, Oklahoma, California, and London, Porter shows how Freemasonry’s performance of ritual provided an accessible point of entry to Native Americans and how over time, Freemasonry became a significant avenue for the exchange and co-creation of cultural forms by Indians and non-Indians.

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Publié par	Nebraska
Date de parution	01 novembre 2011
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780803237971
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	11 Mo

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Native American Freemasonry

Associationalism and Performance inAmerica

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University of Nebraska Press Lincoln

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Porter, Joy, – Native American freemasonry: associationalism and performance in America / Joy Porter. p. cm. Includes bibliograpical references and index.     ---- (clot: alk. paper)     ---- (paper: alk. paper) . Indians of Nort America—Societies, etc. . Freemasons— United States—History. I. Title.  .   '.—dc 

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For my usband, Jan Simons

History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, wic are brougt about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. —             ,he Cynic’s Word Book

In general, life is better tan it as ever been, and if you tink tat, in te past, tere was some golden age of pleasure and plenty to wic you would, if you were able, transport yourself, let me say one single word: “Dentistry.” —. . ’      ,All te Trouble in te World

he religion of beauty, imagination, and pilosopy, witout con-straint moral or intellectual, a religion speculative and self-indul-gent. Panteism, indeed, is te great deceit wic awaits te Age to come. —               ,Diﬃculties of Anglicans

Contents

List of Illustrationsviii Acknowledgmentsix Introductionxv A Note on Termsxxi

. Approacing Native American Freemasonry, Part One . Approacing Native American Freemasonry, Part Two . A History of Freemasonry: From Europe to te United States . Freemasonry as Ornamentalism: Class, Race, and Social Hierarcy . he Attractions of Freemasonry to Indians and Oters, Part One . he Attractions of Freemasonry to Indians and Oters, Part Two . Native American Freemasons: he Revolutionary Era . Native American Freemasons: he “Settlement” of te West and te Civil War Era . Native American Freemasons: he Nineteent and Twentiet Centuries . On Television’s Deatblow to Fraternalism: Understanding Associationalism and te Declining Role of Fraternalism in American Life

Notes Bibliograpy Index

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Illustrations

Following page  . Oklaoma Indian Masonic Degree Team, ca.  . A cart of te organizations in Freemasonry . he murder of Hiram Abiﬀ, “ﬂoorwork” of te tird degree . he council of animal familiars restores te life of te Good Hunter . Portrait of Josep Brant (hayendanegea),  . Prince Hall Freemason, ca.  . he rescue of Colonel McKinstry by Cief Josep Brant of te Moawks . Masonic silver Iroquois brooc . Albert Pike, ca.  .Masonic“Indian”joke . Program: Levant Lodge observes Indian Nigt, October ,  . Levant Lodge observes Indian Nigt, October ,  . Clinton Rickard onored by fellow Masons .ClintonRickardinoldage

Acknowledgments

his book owes muc to institutional support, including a Re-searc Award from te Leverulme Trust, wic allowed me a one-year break from teacing to conduct primary researc, and support from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, wic provided researc funds to permit travel to a wide range of U.S. researc institutions and personal visits to a number of key Ma-sonic ﬁgures in te United States and elsewere. his book also owes muc to a large number of Native and non-Native tink-ers, academics, Masons, and friends, none of wom is in any way responsible for any omissions, slippages, misdirection, or errors sould tey be unearted. A number of academic colleagues gave vital intellectual guidance as tis long project developed. Profes-sor Pil Deloria of te University of Micigan provided deeply appreciated advice and directional input at a key stage. His pat-breaking work on some of te temes considered ere remains te toucstone for all researc of tis sort. Professor Bernt Peyer of Goete Universität in Frankfurt was kind enoug to boost te level of analysis erein and to give tis book new dimension. hank you also to Joe Roac, Sterling Professor of heater and Englis in te Department of Englis at Yale University; to Da-vid Stevenson, te distinguised autority on Masonic origins and emeritus professor of Scottis istory of St. Andrews Uni-versity; to Professor Andrew Prescott of te Centre for Researc into Freemasonry at te University of Seﬃeld, UK; and to Pro-fessor Jessica Harland-Jacobs of te University of Florida. Profes-sor David Murray of te Scool of American and Canadian Stud-ies at te University of Nottingam, UK, supported te project

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