Though they speak several different languages and organize themselves into many distinct tribes, the Native American peoples of the Southeast share a complex ancient culture and a tumultuous history. This volume examines and synthesizes their history through each of its integral phases: the complex and elaborate societies that emerged and flourished in the Pre-Columbian period; the triple curse of disease, economic dependency, and political instability brought by the European invasion; the role of Native Americans in the inter-colonial struggles for control of the region; the removal of the "Five Civilized Tribes" to Oklahoma; the challenges and adaptations of the post-removal period; and the creativity and persistence of those who remained in the Southeast.
Theda Perdue is professor of history at the University of North Carolina and author of Cherokee Women. Michael D. Green is professor of American studies at the University of North Carolina and author of The Creeks.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Credits.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Maps.
Other Frontmatter.
History and Culture.
Writing About Native Southerners.
1: Archaeology.
2: Documentary Evidence.
3: Ethnographic Research.
4: Oral Traditions.
5: Interpreting Native American History and Culture.
6: Ethnohistory.
Native Southerners.
7: Origins.
8: Paleo-Indians.
9: Archaic.
10: Woodland.
11: Mississippian.
The European Invasion.
12: The Conquistadores.
13: Depopulation.
14: A New World in the Southeast.
Native Peoples and Colonial Empires.
15: Spain.
16: England.
17: France.
18: Imperial Wars.
"Civilization" and Removal.
19: Conquered Nations.
20: "Civilization".
21: The Creek War and the Crisis in Indian Affairs.
22: Tribal Sovereignty and Political Centralization.
23: Removal.
Native Southerners in the West.
24: Settling in the West.
25: Civil War and Reconstruction.
26: Economic Development.
27: Politics and Government.
28: Territorialization and Allotment.
29: Twentieth Century.
Those Who Remained.
30: Remnants.
31: Nations Not Removed.
32: Race.
33: Recognition.
People, Places, and Events, A to Z.
34: Agriculture.
35: Algonkian Languages.
36: Allotment.
37: Anoatubby, Bill (Chickasaw, b. 1945).
38: Archaic Tradition (8000–700 B.C.).
39: Arpeika (Florida Seminole, c. 1765–1870).
40: Art.
41: Attakullakulla (Cherokee, c. 1700–1780).
42: Big Warrior (Creek, d. 1825).
43: Billie, James (Florida Seminole, b. 1944).
44: Boudinot, Elias (Cherokee, c. 1803–1839).
45: Boudinot, Elias Cornelius (Cherokee, 1835–1890).
46: Bowlegs, Billy (Seminole, 1810–1859).
47: Bronson, Ruth Muskrat (Cherokee, 1897–1982).
48: Brown, John F. (Oklahoma Seminole, 1840?–1919).
