Powhatan's Mantle
Powhatan's Mantle

Author: Gregory A. Waselkov

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2006-12-01

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 9780803298613

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Considered to be one of the all-time classic studies of southeastern Native peoples, Powhatan's Mantle proves more topical, comprehensive, and insightful than ever before in this revised edition for twenty-first century scholars and students.

The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail
The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail

Author: Karenne Wood

Publisher: Humanities Press International

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780978660437

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A short guide to Virginia Indian tribes, archeology, museums, reservations, events, and historical figures. Includes maps.

Deerskins and Duffels
Deerskins and Duffels

Author: Kathryn E. Braund

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1996-03-28

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9780803261266

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Deerskins and Duffels documents the trading relationship between the Creek Indians in what is now the southeastern United States and the Anglo-American peoples who settled there. The Creeks were the largest native group in the Southeast, and through their trade alliance with the British colonies they became the dominant native power in the area. The deerskin trade became the economic lifeblood of the Creeks after European contact. This book is the first to examine extensively the Creek side of the trade, especially the impact of commercial hunting on all aspects of Indian society. British trade is detailed here, as well: the major traders and trading companies, how goods were taken to the Indians, how the traders lived, and how trade was used as a diplomatic tool. The author also discusses trade in Indian slaves, a Creek-Anglo cooperation that resulted in the virtual destruction of the native peoples of Florida.

Creek Paths and Federal Roads
Creek Paths and Federal Roads

Author: Angela Pulley Hudson

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2010-06-10

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 0807898279

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In Creek Paths and Federal Roads, Angela Pulley Hudson offers a new understanding of the development of the American South by examining travel within and between southeastern Indian nations and the southern states, from the founding of the United States until the forced removal of southeastern Indians in the 1830s. During the early national period, Hudson explains, settlers and slaves made their way along Indian trading paths and federal post roads, deep into the heart of the Creek Indians' world. Hudson focuses particularly on the creation and mapping of boundaries between Creek Indian lands and the states that grew up around them; the development of roads, canals, and other internal improvements within these territories; and the ways that Indians, settlers, and slaves understood, contested, and collaborated on these boundaries and transit networks. While she chronicles the experiences of these travelers--Native, newcomer, free, and enslaved--who encountered one another on the roads of Creek country, Hudson also places indigenous perspectives squarely at the center of southern history, shedding new light on the contingent emergence of the American South.

Comanche Marker Trees of Texas
Comanche Marker Trees of Texas

Author: Steve Houser

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2016-09-23

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1623494486

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In this unprecedented effort to gather and share knowledge of the Native American practice of creating, designating, and making use of marker trees, an arborist, an anthropologist, and a Comanche tribal officer have merged their wisdom, research, and years of personal experience to create Comanche Marker Trees of Texas. A genuine marker tree is a rare find—only six of these natural and cultural treasures have been officially documented in Texas and recognized by the Comanche Nation. The latter third of the book highlights the characteristics of these six marker trees and gives an up-to-date history of each, displaying beautiful photographs of these long-standing, misshapen, controversial symbols that have withstood the tests of time and human activity. Thoroughly researched and richly illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs of trees, this book offers a close look at the unique cultural significance of these living witnesses to our history and provides detailed guidelines on how to recognize, research, and report potential marker tree candidates.

Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears

Author: John Ehle

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2011-06-08

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0307793834

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A sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this moving tragedy rich with historical detail. The Cherokee are a proud, ancient civilization. For hundreds of years they believed themselves to be the "Principle People" residing at the center of the earth. But by the 18th century, some of their leaders believed it was necessary to adapt to European ways in order to survive. Those chiefs sealed the fate of their tribes in 1875 when they signed a treaty relinquishing their land east of the Mississippi in return for promises of wealth and better land. The U.S. government used the treaty to justify the eviction of the Cherokee nation in an exodus that the Cherokee will forever remember as the “trail where they cried.” The heroism and nobility of the Cherokee shine through this intricate story of American politics, ambition, and greed. B & W photographs

Indian Trail Trees
Indian Trail Trees

Author: Elaine Blohm Jordan

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9780940251199

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Mainly photos and descriptions of Indian trail trees bent to mark trails in and around Georgia and some Southern States.