Book
Big Cypress: a changing Seminole community
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages: x, 132
By: Garbarino, Merwyn S..
Abstract
This source is a general ethnography of the Florida Seminole community of Big Cypress, with a special focus on culture change and decision-making. The author gives particular attention to the introduction of cattle raising at Big Cypress and developments in the political structure of the Florida Seminole Tribe. Other topics covered in the source include environment, subsistence pattern, social and political organization, health, education, religion, and contact with and integration into Euro-American society.
- Subjects
- Observation in research
- Retail marketing
- Labor and leisure
- Labor supply and employment
- Public welfare
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Hospitals and clinics
- Education system
- Informal in-group justice
- Judicial authority
- Corporate organization
- Cooperative organization
- Pastoral activities
- Social relationships and groups
- Status, role, and prestige
- culture
- Seminole
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field Date
- 1964-1968
- Coverage Date
- 1930s - ca. 1968
- Coverage Place
- Big Cypress Reservation, southern Florida, United States
- Notes
- by Merwyn S. Garbarino
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-132)
- LCCN
- 72174774
- LCSH
- Seminole Indians