American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 187-201
Description
An investigation into the successful implementation of a Cherokee Female Seminary, modeled after seminaries in Massachusetts. The Cherokee Nation embracing a non-Indigenous education with fewer tribal traditions to adhere to leading to less feelings of alienation for the students.
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.
36th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1914-1915
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Author/Creator
F. W. Hodge
Francis La Flesche
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Ethnologist-in-Charge by F. W. Hodge
The Osage Tribe: Rite of the Chiefs; Sayings of the Ancient Men by Francis La Flesche
Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs
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Neal M. Hampton
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Comments on the power of Native American voices in the 1930s.
Presented at the Tenth Native American Symposium, November 14-15, 2013.
Chapter from Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs edited by Mark B. Spencer.