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
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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
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The Search for Mabila

The Decisive Battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa

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
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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
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Forging Southeastern Identities

Social Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Folklore of the Mississippian to Early Historic South

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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