Product 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Band, adorning the text, this book is a powerful testimony of the Iroquois way of life as it preserves these hitherto unpublished images of a great Native American society.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2051033 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

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.

Customer Reviews

People of the Dancing Sky
While the photos are nice, I would rather have seen more of a focused narrative rather than the scattered glimpses of these people. It is a shame that the photographer fell into the Curtis style of posing people in inauthentic contexts, such as the little boys playing lacrosse in their gustowehs. Teachers using this book are forwarned to read carefully the preface explaining the differences in traditional Iroquoian dress styles and the pow wow dresses or contemporary modern dance costumes shown in this book. It was otherwise fun to see so many people I know. I hope to see more books written by, photographed by, Native Peoples. I would still recommend it, but use it carefully if you are an educator.