Book Description
100 black and white photographs of the contemporary Iroquois in traditional, contemporary, and distinctively individual regalia. The beautiful images were all produced at the Six Nations Reserve in Brantford, Ontario with the full cooperation of the people there. Costume styles range from traditional (pre-trade, pre-cloth) to modern interpretations. Elders and others are shown in pow wow dress and in regalia that dates back to the last century, wearing skins, antler horns, wolf heads, ferns, and bark.
With the lyrics of Robbie Robertson, a member of Six Nations Reserve and the famous lead guitarist of The Band, adorning the text, this book is a powerful testimony of the Iroquois way of life as it preserves these hitherto unpublished images of a great Native American society.
About the author
Myron Zabol is an award-winning professional photographer.
Lorre Jensen is a Mohawk researcher and writer who works with the Canadian Aborginal Achievement Foundation.
Tom Hill, an Iroquois, is the curator of the Woodland Cultural Centre in Western Ontario.
