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The Development of Underdevelopment at Akwesasne
Author(s) -
GoodmanDraper Jacqueline
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1994.tb02671.x
Subject(s) - underdevelopment , mohawk , subsistence agriculture , tribe , subversion , political science , value (mathematics) , christianity , native american , ethnology , development economics , political economy , sociology , law , economics , geography , agriculture , archaeology , philosophy , linguistics , machine learning , politics , computer science
A bstract . The historical processes of Mohawk “underdevelopment” at Ak‐wesasne are chronicled and the subversion of Native values and subsistence, and the creation of Native dependence on non‐Native society examined. Mohawk involvement in this predicament is traced to several processes: participation in the 17th century European/wr trade, which contributed to the destruction of the tribe's traditional economy; coerced adherence to Christianity, which con‐tributed to the loss of traditional American Indian value systems; and associated loss of lands and resources due to broken treaties and unjust laws.