The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southeast

The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southeast

  • Author: Perdue, Theda; Green, Michael
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • ISBN: 9780231115704
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780231506021
  • Place of publication:  New York , United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2005
  • Month: June
  • Language: English
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 the "Five Civilized Tribes" to Oklahoma; the challenges and adaptations of the post-removal period; and the creativity and persistence of those who remained in the Southeast.
  • 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 Removal
      • Conquered 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
      • Recognition
      • Images
  • Part II. People, Places, and Events, A to Z
  • Part III. Chronology
  • Part IV. Resources
    • 1. Indian Tribes
    • 2. Bibliographies and Finding Aids
    • 3. 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

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