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The Anthropology of St. Catherines Island 1. Natural and Cultural History

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 55, pt. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Hurst Thomas
Grant D. Jones
Roger S. Durham
Clark Spencer Larsen
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.55 (p.157-248).
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The Archaeology of St. Catherines Island: 5. The South End Mound Complex.

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.63 pt.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Clark Spencer Larsen
David Hurst Thomas
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.63 (p.1-46).
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Cherokee Women and the Trail of Tears

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theda Perdue
Journal of Women's History, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1989, pp. 14-30
Description
Comments on role women play in removal, how removal affected their lives, and questions whether their views differed from those of men.
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Cowboys and Indians: Creek and Seminole Stock Raising, 1700-1900

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard A. Sattler
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issues on Reservation Economies, 1998, pp. 79-99
Description
Examines early livestock raising and discusses how this practice was only viewed as significant in the later nineteenth century. The author, in this article, argues that livestock raising had great social and economic significance even in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century.
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A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee: With Notes on the Florida and Oklahoma Seminole Dialects of Creek Jack B. Martin & Margaret McKane Mauldin

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Linda Jordan
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2001, pp. 83-85
Description
Book review of: A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee by Jack B. Martin and Margaret McKane Mauldin. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Forty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1924-25

E-Books
Author/Creator
J. Walter Fewkes
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes Social Organization and Social Usages of the Indians of the Creek Confederacy by John R. Swanton Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians by John R. Swanton Aboriginal Culture of the Southeast by John R. Swanton Indian Trails of the Southeast by William Edward Myer
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From Blood Feud to Jury System; The Metamorphosis of Cherokee Law from 1750 to 1840

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Daniel
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 2, Spring, 1987, pp. 97-125
Description
Looks at the evolution of the Cherokee legal system, from traditional blood feuds to a traditional tribal court system. However, the signing of the New Echota Treaty in 1835 saw the return to blood feuds within the Cherokee Nation.
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Georgia and the Conversation Over Indian Removal

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Morris
Georgia Historical Quarterly, vol. 91, no. 4, Winter, 2007, pp. 403-423
Description
Reveals a presidential administration that was determined to implement its own plan regardless of opposition voicing to humanitarian concerns or logical arguments.
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Limits of Legal Action: The Cherokee Cases

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jill L. Norgren
Petra T. Shattuck
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 1978, pp. 14-25
Description
Uses the cases Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832) to demonstrate how political issues, such state's rights, influenced judicial decisions.
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Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Andrews
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 131-136
Description
Contains the poems: "NAMes", "NAMes II" (about discrimination and forced relocation), and "Water Spider's Gift".
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On The Politics of Indigeneity: North American and Pacific Histories

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Doug Kiel
Journal of Social History, vol. 44, no. 1, Fall, 2010, pp. 239-245
Description
Book reviews of: Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom by Tiya Miles. Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century North-west Coast by Paige Raibmon. Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity by J. Kēhaulani Kauanui.
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Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States at January Term, 1832,

Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of

Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus The State of Georgia

Alternate Title
Opinion of the United States Supreme Court Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of Samuel A. Worcester vs. The State of Georgia, January, 1832
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of the United States
Description
Influential decision which stated that the Cherokee nation was a "distinct community" with self-government where the laws of Georgia had no force. Established the authority of the federal government, rather than state governments, over Indian Affairs.
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Protecting Sacred Sites

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Steve Sachs
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Policy Network, vol. 14, no. 2, Fall, 2003, p. [46]
Description
Very brief article discusses the protection of sites sacred to Indigenous people in the United States. Access through table of contents.
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[Reclaiming Native American Cultures: Proceedings of the Native American Symposium], Part Five: Oral History and Tradition

Alternate Title
Chahta-Immataha and the Choctaw Bible
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
The King of the Waters: Legend of the Horned Water Serpent
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Deborah Mitchell
Jerry Bryan Lincecum
Description
The King of the Waters: Legend of the Horned Water Serpent by Deborah Mitchell examines the rare legend of a "snake-man". Chahta-Immataha and the Choctaw Bible by Jerry Bryan Lincecum discusses the oral tradition of the Choctaw people.
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Space and Freedom in the Golden Republic: Yellow Bird's The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Lowe
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2/3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 106-122
Description
Explores Murieta's story and suggests that it is an epic story of heroism because he speaks not only for the poor but also for the racially and ethnically oppressed. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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