Big Cypress: a changing Seminole community
By: by Merwyn S. Garbarino.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Seminole Indians; Acculturation -- Florida
Notes: Bibliography: p. 131-132.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- The background. History -- The environment -- The subsistence basis -- Life at big cypress. The field situation -- Big cypress and American society -- Health, education, and religion. Health -- Education -- Religion -- Social organization. Marriage and the family -- The camp -- Behavior patterns -- The clan -- Life cycle -- Kinship terminology -- Political organization. History -- The Seminole tribe of Florida - the polity -- The Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc. - the corporation -- Control by the agency -- Leadership and authority -- Rewards of leadership -- Indian people and the agency -- Personal characteristics of the leaders -- Political attitudes -- Political participation -- The cattle program and acculturation. History of the cattle program -- Problems of Indian ownership -- A case history -- The Cattlemen’s Association -- The decision on the new cattle and pasture regulations -- Attitudes of the owners toward the cattle program -- General expectations -- Conclusion. Summary -- Implications for the future -- References -- Recommended readings.