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Chitto Harjo : Native Patriotism and the Medicine Way.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fixico, Donald Lee, 1951- (author).
- Series:
- The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crazy Snake (Creek chief), 1846-1911.
- Crazy Snake.
- Creek Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
- Creek Indians.
- Creek Indians--Social life and customs.
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma--History.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Biography.
- Traditional medicine.
- Muscogee (Creek) Nation--History.
- Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "How a Mvskoke traditionalist leader forged a movement to resist the division of tribal lands and keep his people on the everlasting Medicine Way Chitto Harjo (“Crazy Snake”) had several names—Wilson Jones, Bill Jones, Bill Harjo, Bill Snake—and people called him many things: troublemaker, rebellion leader, uncivilized Indian, martyr, murderer. Many called him crazy for fighting against progress and for his commitment to traditions that they believed were outdated and dying out. Yet in the eyes of many Mvskokes and traditionalists of other nations, he was a hero, a defender of the old ways, a Native patriot, and a leader of the Medicine Way. These traditionalists believed in the Mvskoke worldview, which has inspired the Mvskokes and other Southeastern peoples to carry on their traditions as they have done for hundreds of years. In this engaging account, historian Donald L. Fixico tells the story of the Mvskoke people and their fight for survival and unity amid enduring tensions between white “civilization” and traditional culture. A personal story that begins with Fixico attending a Green Corn Ceremony with his father and young son, this engrossing narrative integrates traditional knowledge with historical method to present an Indigenous perspective on Mvskoke and Native American history." -- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- The medicine way
- Moving fire
- The White Man's war
- The Sands Uprising and the Green Peach War
- The snakes
- Legacy.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Fixico, Donald L. Chitto Harjo
- ISBN:
- 9780300281323
- 0300281323
- 9780300272413
- 0300272413
- OCLC:
- 1505732125
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