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Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians

By: John Reed Swanton

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Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians

By: John Reed Swanton

First published in 1942, John R. Swanton’s Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians is a classic reference on the Caddos. Long regarded as the dean of southeastern Native American studies, Swanton worked for decades as an ethnographer, ethnohistorian, folklorist, and linguist. In this volume he presents the history and culture of the Caddos according to the principal French, Spanish, and English sources. In the seventeenth century, French and Spanish explorers encountered four regional alliances-Cahinnio, Cadohadacho, Hasinai, and Natchitoches-within the boundaries of the present-day states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. Their descriptions of Caddo culture are the earliest sources available, and Swanton weaves the information from these primary documents into a narrative, translated into English, for the benefit of the modern reader. For the scholar, he includes in an appendix the extire test of three principal documents in their original Spanish. The first half of the book is devoted to an extensive history of the Caddos, from De Soto’s encounters in 1521 to the Caddos’ involvement in the Ghost Dance Religion of 1890. The second half discusses Caddo culture, including origin legends and religious beliefs, material culture, social relations, government, warfare, leisure, and trade. For this edition, Helen Hornbeck Tanner also provides a new foreword surveying the scholarship published on the Caddos since Swanton’s time.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806128569

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Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians

By: John R. Swanton

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Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians

By: John R. Swanton

Long considered the undisputed authority on the Indians of the southern United States, anthropologist John Swanton published this history as the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) Bulletin 103 in 1931. Swanton's descriptions are drawn from earlier records—including those of DuPratz and Romans—and from Choctaw informants. His long association with the Choctaws is evident in the thorough detailing of their customs and way of life and in his sensitivity to the presentation of their native culture. Included are descriptions of such subjects as clans, division of labor between sexes, games, religion, war customs, and burial rites. The Choctaws were, in general, peaceful farmers living in Mississippi and southwestern Alabama until they were moved to Oklahoma in successive waves beginning in 1830, after the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. This edition includes a new foreword by Kenneth Carleton placing Swanton's work in the context of his times. The continued value of Swanton's original research makes Source Material the most comprehensive book ever published on the Choctaw people.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817311092

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9780817311094

Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians

By: John Swanton

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Mayflower Families Through Five Generations

Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620. Volume eighteen, part 3

By: John D. Austin

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Mayflower Families Through Five Generations

Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620. Volume eighteen, part 3

By: John D. Austin

The tracing of the descendants of the Mayflower passengers.

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0930270304

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Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians

By: John Reed Swanton

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Creek Religion and Medicine

By: John Reed Swanton

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Creek Religion and Medicine

By: John Reed Swanton

Weaving together a wide array of historical sources with oral accounts gathered from fieldwork, this classic study provides a valuable overview of traditional Creek (Muskogee) religion and medicine. John R. Swanton visited the Creek Nation in the early twentieth century and learned about many important aspects of Creek religious life and medicine. Subjects covered in this book include Creek conceptions of the cosmos; religious stories; death and the afterlife; spiritual forces and beings; various rituals, including the Busk ceremony; prohibitions; the power and skills of different religious practitioners; the cultural force of witchcraft; and herbal and spiritual remedies. Many of these beliefs and practices have been present throughout Creek history and persist today. Creek Religion and Medicine showcases the vibrant culture of an enduring southeastern Native people.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803292740

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Chickasaw Society and Religion

By: John Reed Swanton

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Chickasaw Society and Religion

By: John Reed Swanton

Chickasaw Society and Religion brings back into print one of the most important ethnographic sources on Chickasaw Indian society and culture ever produced, making it available to a new generation of students and scholars. The Smithsonian Institution ethnologist John Swanton published his work on the Chickasaws in 1928 as part of the Forty-fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and, like Swanton?s many other works on Southeastern Indians, it has remained one of the primary sources for scholars and students of Chickasaw and Southeastern Indian culture. Swanton combed printed and archival documents in constructing a picture of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Chickasaw life. Swanton?s keen eye for detail and his impressive knowledge of Southeastern Indian cultures make this study the starting point for all Chickasaw scholarship. Swanton broaches topics as diverse as Chickasaw marriage patterns, naming, government, education, gender roles, subsistence, religion, burial customs, and medicine. He also displays an intimate understanding of Chickasaw language throughout the essay that will aid future researchers.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803293496

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Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians

Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians

Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians

Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians

Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians

Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians

Mayflower Families Through Five Generations

Mayflower Families Through Five Generations

Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians

Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians

Creek Religion and Medicine

Creek Religion and Medicine

Chickasaw Society and Religion

Chickasaw Society and Religion

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