Iroquois Bible History (1)

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"The Iroquois Indians were actually a league of five, later six,
Indians Nations: the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and

Seneca (and, after 1722, Tuscarora) tribes.   The democratically
conducted Iroquoian Confederacy was established by Hiawatha.
Firm allies of the British during the early days of the American
Colonial Era, the Iroquois, from a home in New York State,
took control of almost all the northeast-central region of the
present-day United States.   There are now about 15,000 Indians
of these tribes living on reservations in the United States and in
Quebec and Ontario, Canada.

The closely related languages of the Iroquois tribes are grouped
in the Iroquoian language family, with the tongues of the Huron,
Erie, Conestoga, and Cherokee.   The Pawnee, Arikara, and
Wichita languages of the Caddo group are also sometimes in-
cluded.

The Scriptures listed might well be considered to be Mohawk
although they differ slightly in vocabulary and orthography
from those used for Mohawk, since they represent an attempt to
provide a common Mohawk-Oneida usage.   A prayer book with
Scripture Selections translated by Solomon Davis was published
in the Oneida language (1837, Swords, Standord & Co., New
York)."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

       "First publication, the Gospels in
    1880 at Montreal, by the BFBS; tr. by Joseph Onasakenrat, an Iroquois
    chief, who,
    while being educated for the priesthood at a seminary at Mon-
    treal, had made a translation of the Liturgical [g]ospels and [e]pistles for
    Roman Catholic use
    .   The translation of the Gospels was made during his
    training for the Methodist ministry.
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

IROQUOIS--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: n.d. Book ch:v unknown.]

"1880 Gospels BFBS, Montreal
Translated by Joseph Onasakenrat, a Methodist, with Jean Dion and
P. Laforte, both educated Indians.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1880" Mark 1:2 probably correct (the prophets).]

"1942 Luke ABS, New York
A revision of the Onasakenrat text, prepared by David M. Cory and
Louise Diabo, Presbyterians, with changes to allow its use by the
Iroquois of the Coughnawaga Reservation near Montreal, Quebec, and
of Brookline, New York as well as by the Oneida Indians of Wisconsin.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

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