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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463079203321

Titolo

Red Eagle's children [[electronic resource] ] : Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. / / edited by J. Anthony Paredes and Judith Knight

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8173-8623-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Contemporary American Indian studies

Altri autori (Persone)

KnightJudith

ParedesJ. Anthony <1939-> (James Anthony)

Disciplina

346.76105/2

346.761052

Soggetti

Conflict of laws - Domestic relations - Alabama - History - 19th century

Creek Indians - Legal status, laws, etc - Alabama

Creek Indians - Marriage customs and rites - History - 19th century

Inheritance and succession - Alabama - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / J. Anthony Paredes -- A brief sketch of Creek country in the early nineteenth century / Robbie Ethridge -- Formation of the Tensaw community / Gregory A. Waselkov -- Early Alabama law and chancery practice / David I. Durham and Paul M. Pruitt Jr -- Edited transcript of case 1299 : Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. / Judith Knight -- A modern Creek Indian reflection on Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. / Nina Gail Thrower (recorded and transcribed by Robert Thrower).

Sommario/riassunto

Red Eagle's Children presents  the legal proceedings in an inheritance dispute that serves as an  unexpected window on the intersection of two cultural and legal systems:  Creek Indian and Euro-American. Case 1299: Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. appeared in the Chancery Court of Mobile in 1846 when William "Red Eagle" Weatherford's son by the Indian woman Supalamy sued his half siblings fathered by Weatherford with two other Creek women, Polly Moniac and Mary Stiggins, for a greater share of Weatherford's estate. While the court



recognized William Jr. as the