George E. Lankford
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Native American Legends of the Southeast
Tales from the Natchez, Caddo, Biloxi, Chickasaw, and Other Nations
University of Alabama Press
Native American Legends of the Southeast features more than 130 traditional legends from the Southeastern Nations of Caddo, Creek, Cherokee, and others, along with chapters on Native American mythology.
- Copyright year: 2011
Reachable Stars
Patterns in the Ethnoastronomy of Eastern North America
University of Alabama Press
Lankford’s volume focuses on the ancient North Americans and the ways they identified, patterned, ordered, and used the stars to light their culture and illuminate their traditions.
- Copyright year: 2007
The Search for Mabila
The Decisive Battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa
Edited by Vernon James Knight
University of Alabama Press
The Search for Mabila describes one of the most profound events in sixteenth-century North America, which was a ferocious battle between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa.
- Copyright year: 2009
Looking for Lost Lore
Studies in Folklore, Ethnology, and Iconography
University of Alabama Press
Folklore as a serious adjunct to history, anthropology, and religious studies
- Copyright year: 2008
Visualizing the Sacred
Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World
University of Texas Press
Advancing the study of prehistoric Mississippian art that began in Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms, this volume presents a groundbreaking examination of regional variations in the shared iconography of indigenous cultures in the southeastern United States.
- Copyright year: 2011
Forging Southeastern Identities
Social Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Folklore of the Mississippian to Early Historic South
Edited by Gregory A. Waselkov and Marvin T. Smith
University of Alabama Press
Forging Southeastern Identities explores the many ways archaeologists and ethnohistorians define and trace the origins of Native Americans’ collective social identity.
- Copyright year: 2017
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