1759, and by a later 19th century medical journal article on the same topic.
Phytoecological findings demonstrate the presence of several very important species in local Mohegan ethnobotany history, including the presence of a unique Cornus species and unique Penstemon species with a characteristic short growing season, which is detailed as a Moravian medicine by local famed 18th century female botanist Jane Colden, ca. Much of the story of this Moravian Mission is retold in the nineteenth century religious journal Missions. There is a local oral history of this site which helped to identify its heritage and local historical use, including oral histories retold by the orignal landowners and documentation of this local communal establishment appearing in the Moravian missionary documents, with supporting historical studies of the site’s history found in Pennsylvania Moravian special collections and supported by a documentation of this history in English by a local Marist College expert in this cultural anthropology topic. Indicative of the site’s history and originality are natural ecologic settings, which isolated this natural setting from human interactions for much of its history. This site is referred to as part of the seasonal travels taken by this Moravian-led community during the late 18th century and was no longer in use at the time of the Christian Indian movement led by this Dutchess County Moravian Missionary project. referred to in 18th century Moravian writings about a Mohegan Christian Indian communal history. 1600 – 1760 for shamanic practices and ceremonies.Īn ecologically intact “island” or isolated peririparian/perilacustrine site was identified as an Island community. Identification of a Native American Sacred Site, probably used by Wappingi Mohegans, ca. If this is of New York or Iroquois origin, it is perhaps a western New York prayer object. This stick is possibly of Iroquois origin, although the carvings suggest a focus on the great plains lifestyle. The location of the area this medicine or prayer stick symbolized was a large plains states region with buffalo residing locally. Animal spirits representations identified in the stick made use of beaver (an idea strongly linked to the 19th century struggling pelt industry), bears, bison and raven, with the latter animal spirit responsible for most of the artifacts carved form and function. Interpretation of a 19th Century Iroquois Indian Medicine (Prayer) Stick.Ī mid-to late-19th century prayer stick was researched, documented, and analyzed for its form and function.
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