Ritual and Myth in Odawa Revitalization: Reclaiming a Sovereign Place

Pflug, Melissa A.

ISBN 10: 0806130075 / ISBN 13: 9780806130071

Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1998

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Synopsis:

Here is the story of the Choctaws, a proud and gifted tribe among the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians. It is the record of a people whose forced migration from their ancestral homes in the South to what is now Oklahoma and whose subsequent efforts from the Civil War to the close of the century to maintain an autonomous government and institutions form a distinctive and arresting chapter in the history of the West.While the political, social, and economic customs of the Choctaws were closely circumscribed, the thread of Choctaw history was at all times closely interwoven witht he larger fabric of American history as a whole. Choctaw law was a curious combination of ancient tribal custom and Anglo-American legal practice; Choctaw churches and schools were copied almost wholly from the white man’s society; and Choctaw economic institutions represented an attempt to adjust the customs of tribal control of the land to the white system of individual ownership.

About the Author: Melissa A. Pflüg holds a doctorate in anthropology from Wayne State University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ritual and Myth in Odawa Revitalization: ...
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New