Source material for the social and ceremonial life of the Choctaw Indians /
Long considered the undisputed authority on the Indians of the southern United States, anthropologist John Swanton published this history as the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) Bulletin 103 in 1931. Swanton's descriptions are drawn from earlier records--includi...
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| Language: | English |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2001
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| Series: | Contemporary American Indians studies.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Kenneth H. Carleton; Introduction; Historical Sketch; The Origin Legend; Material Condition; Social Organization; Government; Property; Crime and Punishment; Regulations for Women and Childbirth; Personal Names; Education; Marriage; Division of Labor between the Sexes; Games; Travel and Greetings; War Customs; Burial Customs; Religion and Medicine; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
