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George Stiggins, a Creek Indian half blood living in Alabama, wrote
this history more than 150 years ago. Raised in the white culture
by his father, an English trader, Stiggins nevertheless lived in
close contact with the Creeks because his mother was a full blood
of the Natchez tribe, part of the Creek Confederacy.
Stiggins writes with firsthand knowledge of the tribes in the
central southeast--the Alabamas, Natchez, Abekas, Uchees, and
others. He tells of their origins, their towns and chiefs, and
their way of life, he traces critical events leading to the Creek
War--the battles of Burnt Corn and Fort Mims--and details the roles
of the Indian leaders involved. In "Tecumseh and the Age of
Prophecy," he describes how the powerful influence of prophets,
such as Josiah Francis and Jim Boy, who incited the Creeks to civil
war as the confederacy split into war and peace factions. Stiggin's
account of William Weatherford's controversial role in the Creek
War has special value because Weatherford was Stiggins's
brother-in-law. His descriptions of religious and social aspects of
the Creek lifeways make this work prime source material.
William Wyman's notes and introduction put the Stiggins account
into historical perspective and trace its circuitous route to
publication. First issued in 1989, "Creek Indian History" has
become an important primary document for the study of Native
American history and culture.
In this collection of almost sixty tales, Indians
themselves-Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, Seminoles, and
others-tell us about their beliefs, their traditions, and their
history, in myths and legends that cover the classic themes of
world mythology. Most of the stories were recorded in the late
nineteenth century, at a time when Indian myth-keepers who
remembered the tribal tales were still alive. Notes and
introductory comments throughout the book provide background
information for the stories. Editors Virginia Pounds Brown and
Laurella Owens bring these stories together for the first time in
one volume. This collection makes enjoyable and significant reading
for adults as well as young people.
A young boy narrates this colorful fictional account for
middle-school children of the meeting between DeSoto and the
Alabama Indians on his historic expedition through the South. These
Indians were the last of the Mound Builders, led by a peace-loving
king. The Gold Disc of Coosa describes their civilized culture in
the years until 1540, when the Indians finally made their fateful
stand against the Spanish at Maubila.
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