Susan A. Brewer will discuss her new book, “The Best Land: Natives and Settlers on Oneida Territory,” at the Oneida County History Center on January 25 at 2:00 p.m. This book traces the history of a parcel of land in central New York and the stories of two families—her own European settler family and the Mohawk/Oneida family of Polly Denny—who called it home.
This talk examines the struggle over land during both wartime and peacetime, highlighting stories of pioneering progress and the dispossession of Native peoples. Brewer will present her research, which explores how, over centuries of coexistence, these families faced significant shifts regarding sovereignty, justice, and their relationship to the land.
Susan A. Brewer was born in Oneida, New York. She is the author of several other books “Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq” (2009), “To Win the Peace: British Propaganda in the United States during World War II” (1997). As a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point from 1990-2015, she taught American history and specialized in the history of US Foreign Relations. She now lives in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York.”
Oneida County History Center is a private 501(c) (3) not-for-profit educational institution dedicated to preserving the history, heritage, and culture of the Greater Mohawk Valley for present and future generations. Please contact the History Center at 315-735-3642 or visit oneidacountyhistory.org for additional information.
