Ethnology of the Yuchi Indians
By: Frank G. Speck ; introduction to the Bison books edition by Jason Baird Jackson.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Yuchi Indians -- History; Yuchi Indians -- Social life and customs
Description: "The Yuchis, one of the more resilient peoples of the southeastern United States, were forcibly relocated to Indian Territory along with their neighbors in the 1830s. In the early 1900s, as this study shows, much of their traditional way of life remained." "Yuchi life at the dawn of the modern era is portrayed in detail here, as observed and recorded by noted anthropologist Frank G. Speck in 1904-8. Speck's fieldwork, combined with information gleaned from the experiences of a number of Yuchi men, describes numerous facets of Yuchi culture, including language, subsistence practices, decorative arts, domestic architecture, clothing, religious beliefs and rituals, healing practices, mythology, music, social and political organizations, warfare, games, and life-transition rituals and customs, such as birthing, naming, marriage, and burial. Affording a glimpse of a Native community in transition a century ago, Ethnology of the Yuchi Indians stands as an introduction to the history and culture of a southeastern Native people."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: Philadelphia : University Museum, 1909, in series: Anthropological publications ; v. 1, no. 1.