Nations Remembered - An Oral History of the Five Civilized Tribes, 1865-1907 (Hardcover)

The five largest southeastern Indian groups - the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles - were forced to emigrate west to the Indian territory (now Oklahoma) in the 1830s. Here, from WPA interviews, are those Indians' own stories of the troubled years between the Civil War and Oklahoma statehood - a period of extraordinary turmoil. During this period, Oklahoma Indians functioned autonomously, holding their own elections, enforcing their own laws, and creating their own society from a mixture of old Indian customs and the new ways of the whites. The WPA informants describe the economic realities of the era: a few wealthy Indians, the rest scraping a living out of subsistence farming, hunting, and fishing. They talk about education and religion - Native American and Christian - as well as diversions of the time: horse races, fairs, ball games, cornstalk shooting, and traditional ceremonies such as the Green Corn Dance.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 1980
First published:	December 1980
Authors:	Theda Perdue
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	221
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-22097-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Promotions
LSN:	0-313-22097-2
Barcode:	9780313220975

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