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Creek in the West
Handbook of North American Indians. Southeast • 14 • Published In 2004 • Pages: 393-403
By: Innes, Pamela Joan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is basically a study of Creek culture change after their removal to Oklahoma territory in the 1830s. Where relevant Innes notes specific changes in Creek life-styles as the result of the removal and makes comparisons to similar customs observed in their original homeland in the southeastern United States. Topics discussed in this article deal with: language, settlement patterns, 'town' layout and structures, technology, clothing and adornment, subsistence, social and political organization, kinship, and religion.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Public structures
- Settlement patterns
- External migration
- Diet
- Clans
- Moieties
- Community structure
- Government institutions
- Athletic sports
- Organized ceremonial
- Dance
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Creek
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1825-2002
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Oklahoma, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Pamela Innes
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Creek Indians