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Mississippi's American indians / James F. Barnett Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnett, James F., 1950-
- Series:
- Heritage of Mississippi series ; vol. 6.
- Heritage of Mississippi series ; vol. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Mississippi--Government relations.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Mississippi--History.
- Indians of North America--Mississippi--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- At the beginning of the eighteenth century, over twenty different American Indian tribal groups inhabited present-day Mississippi. Today, Mississippi is home to only one tribe, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. In Mississippi's American Indians, author James F. Barnett Jr. explores the historical forces and processes that led to this sweeping change in the diversity of the state's native peoples. The book begins with a chapter on Mississippi's approximately 12,000-year prehistory, from early hunter-gatherer societies through the powerful mound building civilizations encountered by the f
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Mississippi Indians in Prehistory; Chapter Two. 1540-1684: Early European Contact; Chapter Three. 1685-1715: The Era of the Indian Slave Trade; Chapter Four. 1716-1762: The Deerskin Trade and Client Warfare; Chapter Five. 1763-1800: Cultural Survival and Emigration; Chapter Six. 1801-1837: Treaties and Removal; Epilogue; Appendix 1. Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek; Appendix 2. Treaty with the Chickasaw, October 20, 1832; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-62103-023-7
- 1-280-12757-0
- 9786613531452
- 1-61703-246-8
- OCLC:
- 784885914
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