03346nam 2200661Ia 450 991046307920332120200520144314.00-8173-8623-8(CKB)2670000000298467(EBL)1074086(OCoLC)819635356(SSID)ssj0000785131(PQKBManifestationID)11486504(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000785131(PQKBWorkID)10784080(PQKB)10972064(MiAaPQ)EBC1074086(OCoLC)828093976(MdBmJHUP)muse19100(Au-PeEL)EBL1074086(CaPaEBR)ebr10632666(EXLCZ)99267000000029846720120301d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRed Eagle's children[electronic resource] Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. /edited by J. Anthony Paredes and Judith KnightTuscaloosa, Ala. University of Alabama Press20121 online resource (233 p.)Contemporary American Indian studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1770-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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). 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 theContemporary American IndiansConflict of lawsDomestic relationsAlabamaHistory19th centuryCasesCreek IndiansLegal status, laws, etcAlabamaCasesCreek IndiansMarriage customs and ritesHistory19th centuryInheritance and successionAlabamaHistory19th centuryCasesElectronic books.Conflict of lawsDomestic relationsHistoryCreek IndiansLegal status, laws, etc.Creek IndiansMarriage customs and ritesHistoryInheritance and successionHistory346.76105/2346.761052Knight Judith1046981Paredes J. Anthony(James Anthony),1939-715909MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463079203321Red Eagle's children2474293UNINA