03123nam 2200601Ia 450 991078519660332120200520144314.00-8173-8436-7(CKB)2670000000037591(EBL)565719(OCoLC)664233628(SSID)ssj0000490375(PQKBManifestationID)11323371(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000490375(PQKBWorkID)10467136(PQKB)10737857(MdBmJHUP)muse9108(Au-PeEL)EBL565719(CaPaEBR)ebr10408831(MiAaPQ)EBC565719(EXLCZ)99267000000003759120010104e20011931 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSource material for the social and ceremonial life of the Choctaw Indians[electronic resource] /John R. Swanton ; foreword by Kenneth H. CarletonTuscaloosa, Ala. University of Alabama Pressc20011 online resource (300 p.)Contemporary American Indian studies"Published in cooperation with the Birmingham Public Library."Originally published: Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1931. (Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology ; 103).0-8173-1109-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-273) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; 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 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-including those of DuPratz and Romans-and from Choctaw informants. His long association with the Choctaws is evident in the thorough detailing of their customs and way of life and in his sensitivity to the presentation of their native culture. Included are descriptions of such subjeContemporary American Indian studies.Choctaw IndiansSocial life and customsIndians of North AmericaSocial life and customsChoctaw IndiansSocial life and customs.Indians of North AmericaSocial life and customs.306.089973976.004/973976.004973Swanton John Reed1873-1958.815770MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785196603321Source material for the social and ceremonial life of the Choctaw Indians3730317UNINA