Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Longhouse - IRC Teacher Resource So Few on Earth is

So Few on Earth is a story of perseverance in a harsh environment and the possibility of life starting anew from shattered beginnings

The introductory section provides details of the First Nations code of ethics

going home

birthing and child rearing - are presented against the contrasting experiences of three successive generations

Collected over a ten-year period

Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Longhouse - IRC Teacher Resource So Few on Earth isMidwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House is a reprint of the 1949 classic of ethnohistory by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881 1950). In the original text, the author acknowledges his collaboration with Cayuga Chief Alexander Jack General who held the title, Deskaheh. Speck's research into the ceremonies at the Sour Springs Long House, Six Nations of the Grand River, began in 1932 and lasted until 1947 when the author reviewed the manuscript with