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Article: AUTHOR SHARES IROQUOIS DISCOVERIES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- November 3, 1994
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Byline: RICK KARLIN Staff writer
State University at Albany anthropologist Dean R. Snow, besides editing ``Iroquois Medical Botany,'' has recently completed his own book, ``The Iroquois,'' (Blackwell Publishers, 1994).
The book, which should be in local bookstores within weeks, is described as a sweeping narrative that traces Iroquois culture from its beginnings a thousand years ago to its survival in today's United States and Canada.
``It's a multidimensional subject,'' Snow says, adding that the book was conceived as a starting point for people who want to learn about the Iroquois.
A main theme of the book, Snow says, is the ...