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Oklahoma Seneca-Cayugaessay 1978 • Sturtevant, William C.
Iroquois • North America > Eastern Woodlands
The Seneca-Cayuga of northeastern Oklahoma are the descendants of Iroquois from several tribes who moved into Ohio during the eighteenth century, and of later Iroquois emigrants from Ontario and New York (p. 537). This study traces the culture histor...The Cherokee frontiers, the French Revolution, and William Augustus Bowlesessay 1979 • Sturtevant, William C.
Cherokee • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This work deals with identity of Indian 'chiefs', possibly including Cherokees who, along with a self-seeking white man(Augustus Bowles), may have played a role in a political affair involving the colonial powers during the French Revolution....The medicine bundles and busks of the Florida Seminolearticle 1954 • Sturtevant, William C.
Seminole • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This source describes and analyzes the medicine bundles and the Green Corn Dance (busk) of the Florida Seminole. The morphology and uses of the medicine bundles are outlined. The constituent elements and functions of the Green Corn Dance are similarl...A Seminole personal documentarticle 1956 • Sturtevant, William C.
Seminole • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This source presents a full text transcription of non-directed spontaneous life-history of Sam Huff, a Florida Seminole. The historical information presented contains scattered information on Florida Seminole history, mostly relating to contacts with...Creek into Seminoleessay 1971 • Sturtevant, William C.
Seminole • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This is essentially an historical source on the Seminole Indians with particular emphasis on their ethnogenesis from the earliest exploratory Creek colonies in Florida in the early 16th century to their modern descendants in the mid 20th. Although mu...Seminole men's clothingessay 1967 • Sturtevant, William C.
Seminole • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This work presents a typology and history of the major items of Seminole men's clothing with commentary on the effects of acculturation and internal cultural change. Fifteen illustrations depict the various items described in the text including sever...The Mikasuki SeminoleBook 1989 • Sturtevant, William C.
Seminole • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This is a fairly comprehensive study of Seminole medical lore and practices, focusing on herbal remedies and magic. Magic includes the songs and rituals surrounding the preparation of herbal concoctions, which are then applied topically or drunk. An ...A Seminole medicine makerbook chapter 1960 • Sturtevant, William C.
Seminole • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This article presents a detailed biographical sketch of William Sturtevant's principal informant, Josie Billie, during the author's fieldwork among the Seminoles of southern Florida from 1950-1952. The text describes Billie's life history, his relati...Tupinambá chiefdoms?essay 1998 • Sturtevant, William C.
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
Sturtevant questions whether the Tupinambá were a chiefdom. He reviews the criteria for chiefdoms and based on the historical data, he concludes no....