The Best Land: Four Hundred Years of Love and Betrayal on Oneida Territory

The Best Land: Four Hundred Years of Love and Betrayal on Oneida Territory, Susan A. Brewer traces the history of a parcel of land in central New York and the stories of the two families---her own European settler family and the Mohawk/Oneida family of Polly Denny---who called it home. Her talk considers the struggle over this place in war and peace, tales of pioneer progress, and native dispossession. She explores how, as neighbors for centuries, these families experienced dramatic twists and turns over sovereignty, justice, and the land.

Host or Publisher Oneida County History Center