This short book by Brian J. Gilley deals with a group of Native Americans of Ohio, the Sandusky Senecas, around the time of their removal to Indian Territory in 1831. This group, the author argues strongly, is part of the Iroquois culture, something that according to him has been denied to them by ehtnohistory until now. There is a stake in this proposition because the Iroquois are an emblematic native group in the Eastern United States: the "Six Nations" being sometimes described as an influence on the federal institutions of the United States. 1 As the title and cover suggest, the author's main argument is the continuing importance of the Longhouse, as a building and an institution, among the Sandusky Senecas, a signature feature of Iroquois culture. The case of this people also offers an opportunity to study the continuities and adaptation of a community through time and space, against the pressures of colonizers and the challenge of distance. Gilley wants to evidence the values and practices that held together the group of people under his focus, even while they were experiencing historical change.

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布赖恩·约瑟夫·吉利。支离破碎的长屋：19 世纪俄亥俄州易洛魁人自治。纽约州奥尔巴尼：纽约州立大学出版社，2014 年。141 页。ISBN：9781438449395。23.95 美元。

这本由 Brian J. Gilley 撰写的短书讲述了一群来自俄亥俄州的印第安人 Sandusky Senecas，大约在 1831 年他们被迁移到印第安领土时。作者强烈认为，这群人是易洛魁人文化的一部分，某种东西据他说，直到现在，人类历史学一直否认这一点。这个命题有其利害关系，因为易洛魁人是美国东部的一个象征性本土群体：“六国”有时被描述为对美国联邦机构的影响。1 正如标题和封面所暗示的那样，作者的主要论点是长屋作为建筑物和机构在桑达斯基塞内卡斯（Sandusky Senecas）中的持续重要性，这是易洛魁文化的标志性特征。这个人的案例也提供了一个机会来研究一个社区在时间和空间上的连续性和适应性，抵抗殖民者的压力和距离的挑战。Gilley 想要证明将他关注的人群凝聚在一起的价值观和实践，即使他们正在经历历史变革。