The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southeast [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perdue, Theda.

Contributor:

Green, Michael D.

Series:

The Columbia Guides to American Indian History and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnohistory--Southern States.

Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities.

Indians of North America--Southern States--History.

Indians of North America--Southern States--Social life and customs.

Local Subjects:

Ethnohistory--Southern States.

Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities.

Indians of North America--Southern States--History.

Indians of North America--Southern States--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (597 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though they speak several different languages and organize themselves into many distinct tribes, the Native American peoples of the Southeast share a complex ancient culture and a tumultuous history. This volume examines and synthesizes their history through each of its integral phases: the complex and elaborate societies that emerged and flourished in the Pre-Columbian period; the triple curse of disease, economic dependency, and political instability brought by the European invasion; the role of Native Americans in the inter-colonial struggles for control of the region; the removal of t

Contents:

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Maps; Part I. History and Culture; Chapter 1. Writing About Native Southerners; Archaeology; Documentary Evidence; Ethnographic Research; Oral Traditions; Interpreting Native American History and Culture; Ethnohistory; Chapter 2. Native Southerners; Origins; Paleo-Indians; Archaic; Woodland; Mississippian; Chapter 3. The European Invasion; The Conquistadores; Depopulation; A New World in the Southeast; Chapter 4. Native Peoples and Colonial Empires; Spain; England; France; Imperial Wars

Chapter 5. ""Civilization"" and RemovalConquered Nations; ""Civilization""; The Creek War and the Crisis in Indian Affairs; Tribal Sovereignty and Political Centralization; Removal; Chapter 6. Native Southerners in the West; Settling in the West; Civil War and Reconstruction; Economic Development; Politics and Government; Territorialization and Allotment; Twentieth Century; Chapter 7. Those Who Remained; Remnants; Nations Not Removed; Race; Recognition; Illustrations; Part II. People, Places, and Events, A to Z; Part III. Chronology; Part IV. Resources; 1. Indian Tribes

2. Bibliographies and Finding Aids3. Published Primary Sources; 4. Oral Traditions; 5. Archaeological Studies; 6. General Works; 7. Alabama-Coushattas, Caddoes, and Chitimachas; 8. Apalachees, Timucuas, and Calusas; 9. Catawbas; 10. Cherokees; 11. Chickasaws; 12. Choctaws; 13. Creeks; 14. Lumbees; 15. Powhatans; 16. Seminoles and Miccosukees; 17. Selected Fiction; 18. Films; 19. Museums and Sites; 20. Internet Resources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

818856600