Chitto Harjo : Native Patriotism and the Medicine Way.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fixico, Donald L.

Series:

The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crazy Snake (Creek chief), 1846-1911.

Crazy Snake.

Muscogee (Creek) Nation--History.

Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

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 Many called him crazy for fighting against progress and for his commitment to traditions that they believed were outdated and dying out.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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Glossary

Maps

Preface

Chitto Harjo’s Testimony

Introduction

1 The Medicine Way

A Black Preacher Punished by the Creek Lighthorse in 1845

2 Moving Fire

A White Boy’s First Stomp Dance

3 The White Man’s War

The Green Peach War

4 The Sands Uprising and the Green Peach War

Fus Fixico’s Letter to Pleasant Porter about Allotments, 1905

5 The Snakes

Chitto Harjo’s Nephew

6 “Snake War”

Redbird Smith’s Grandson

7 Legacy

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Fixico, Donald L. Chitto Harjo

ISBN:

9780300281323

OCLC:

1505732125