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2) The Creeks
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
127 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the culture, history, and changing fortunes of the Creek Indians.
Author
Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 22
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
1979, c1941
Edition
1st ed., 3rd printing
Physical Desc
xiii, 399 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A landmark work of Black and Native American history that reconfigures our understanding of identity, race, and belonging and the inspiring ways marginalized people have pushed to redefine their world In this paradigm-shattering work of American history, Caleb Gayle tells the extraordinary story of the Creek Nation, a Native tribe that two centuries ago both owned slaves and accepted Black people as full members. Thanks to the leadership of a chief...
9) Creek
Author
Publisher
Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, map ; 21 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"[An introduction to the Creek people, covering] traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Creek War was one of the most tragic episodes in American history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on what is now U.S. soil. What began as a vicious internal conflict among the Creek Indians metastasized like a cancer. The ensuing Creek War of 1813-1814 shattered Native American control of the Deep South and led to the infamous Trail of Tears, in which the government forcibly removed the southeastern Indians from their homelands....
13) Jingle dancer
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek, Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow. Includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia.
Author
Publisher
Wisdom Tales
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ridiculed by the other animals, Listener the Otter is the only one to heed the warnings of Spotted Frog and builds a raft to try and survive the impending disaster of a giant flood.
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the first people to live in the Southeast region of North America, discussing their culture, customs, ways of life, interactions with other settlers, and their lives today.
17) Two tribes
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
245 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mia is still getting used to living with her mom and stepfather, and to the new role their Jewish identity plays in their home. Feeling out of place at home and at her Jewish day school, Mia finds herself thinking more and more about her Muscogee father, who lives with his new family in Oklahoma. Her mother doesn't want to talk about him, but Mia can't help but feel like she's missing a part of herself without him in her life. Soon, Mia makes a plan...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
xii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Like many other residents of the eighteenth-century Native American South, where Black-Indian relations bore little social stigma, Katy Grayson and her brother William - both Creek Indians - had children with partners of African descent. As the plantation economy began to spread across their native land soon after the birth of the American republic, however, Katy abandoned her black partner and children to marry a Scottish-Creek man.
She herself...
19) Bird of passage
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1977
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
109 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Great Blue Heron living on the coastal marshes of Georgia and New England becomes a symbol of survival for the characters of two short stories.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
207 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate recounts his experience growing up in rural Oklahoma, from boyhood to young manhood, in an evocative and vivid voice. "Granny was full-blooded Creek, but the Bureau of Indian Affairs insisted she was thirteen-sixteenths. She showed her card to me. I'd sit at the kitchen table and stare at her when she was eating, wondering how you could be thirteen-sixteenths of anything and if so, what part of her constituted...
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