03073nam 2200637Ia 450 991077883320332120200520144314.00-8173-8384-00-585-14113-4(CKB)111004368626360(EBL)547683(OCoLC)650060164(SSID)ssj0000262128(PQKBManifestationID)11206399(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262128(PQKBWorkID)10269557(PQKB)11080330(OCoLC)44957404(MdBmJHUP)muse9069(Au-PeEL)EBL547683(CaPaEBR)ebr10408800(MiAaPQ)EBC547683(EXLCZ)9911100436862636019981014d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe tree that bends[electronic resource] discourse, power, and the survival of the Maskókî people /Patricia Riles WickmanTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc19991 online resource (317 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-0966-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-290) and index.Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: A People Obscured by Their Past; Part I: The Maskokálgî; 2. The Four-Cornered Circle; 3. The Tree That Bends; 4. Geography, Society, and Continuity; 5. Power and Gender; Part II: Enter the Spaniards; 6. The Entrada Model in the Southeast, 1510-1565; 7. El Sombrero de Tres Picos; 8. Fear as the Forerunner of Faith; 9. Children of Self-Interest; 10. Conclusions: The Past as Prelude; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index Patricia Riles Wickman offers a new paradigm for the interpretation of southeastern Native American and Spanish colonial history and a new way to view the development of the United States. In her compelling and controversial arguments, Wickman rejects the myths that erase Native Americans from Florida through the agency of Spaniards and diseases and make the area an empty frontier awaiting American expansion. Through research on both sides of the Atlantic and extensive oral history interviews among the Seminoles of Florida and Oklahoma, Wickman shatters current theCreek IndiansHistorySourcesCreek philosophyCreek IndiansSocial life and customsFloridaHistorySpanish colony, 1784-1821SpainColoniesAmericaAdministrationSpainForeign relationsCreek IndiansHistoryCreek philosophy.Creek IndiansSocial life and customs.975.9/004973975.9004973Wickman Patricia R(Patricia Riles)1522943MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778833203321The tree that bends3849170UNINA