Ethnology of the Yuchi Indians

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Speck did one of the earliest and most extensive ethnologies on the Yuchi. It is a fairly thorough turn of the century treatment, but it is reputed that none of the Yuchi elders wanted to provide any information to him because of his arrogant behavior -- his chief source was a half-Yuchi boy. This is substantiated by his ascertion that the Yuchi have forgotten most of their pre-Oklahoma traditions. Still the work is an anchor point between what its known of the Yuchi in early history and what has been written since. Speck was a good observer and a competent enthnologist.

Description

"The Yuchis, one of the more resilient peoples of the southeastern United States, were forcibly relocated to Indian Territory along with their neighbors in the 1830s. In the early 1900s, as this study shows, much of their traditional way of life remained." "Yuchi life at the dawn of the modern era is portrayed in detail here, as observed and recorded by noted anthropologist Frank G. Speck in 1904-8. Speck's fieldwork, combined with information gleaned from the experiences of a number of Yuchi men, describes numerous facets of Yuchi culture, including language, subsistence practices, decorative arts, domestic architecture, clothing, religious beliefs and rituals, healing practices, mythology, music, social and political organizations, warfare, games, and life-transition rituals and customs, such as birthing, naming, marriage, and burial. Affording a glimpse of a Native community in transition a century ago, Ethnology of the Yuchi Indians stands as an introduction to the history and culture of a southeastern Native people."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

• Ethnology of the Yuchi IndiansUniversity of Nebraska Press2004-01-01
• ...Ethnology of the Yuchi IndiansUniversity Museum1909-01-01
• Ethnology of the Yuchi IndiansThe University museum1909-01-01
• Ethnology of the Yuchi IndiansPublished by the University Museum1909-01-01
• Ethnology of the Yuchi IndiansHumanities Press1979-01-01
• Ethnology of the Yuchi Indians.AMS Press1980-01-01