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Availability:In StockContributor:John R. Swanton, James T. Carson (Introduction by)Publish date:2000-06-01Pages:213
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803292741ISBN-10:803292740UPC:9780803292741Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.07 x 6.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCJ0XK27GJ
Weaving together a wide array of historical sources with oral accounts gathered from fieldwork, this classic study provides a valuable overview of traditional Creek (Muskogee) religion and medicine. John R. Swanton visited the Creek Nation in the early twentieth century and learned about many important aspects of Creek religious life and medicine. Subjects covered in this book include Creek conceptions of the cosmos; religious stories; death and the afterlife; spiritual forces and beings; various rituals, including the Busk ceremony; prohibitions; the power and skills of different religious practitioners; the cultural force of witchcraft; and herbal and spiritual remedies. Many of these beliefs and practices have been present throughout Creek history and persist today. Creek Religion and Medicine showcases the vibrant culture of an enduring southeastern Native people.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803292741ISBN-10:803292740UPC:9780803292741Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.07 x 6.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCJ0XK27GJ
John R. Swanton (1873-1958) was a seminal figure in the study of southeastern Native peoples, with more than thirty books to his credit. James Taylor Carson is an assistant professor of history at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and the author of Searching for the Bright Path: The Mississippi Choctaws from Prehistory to Removal (Nebraska 1999).
Publisher: Bison Books

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