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1	The Wind is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman more books like this by Bear Heart, Molly Larkin add to wishlist With eloquent simplicity, one of the world's last Native American Medicine Men demonstrates how traditional tribal wisdom can help us maintain spiritual and physical health in today's world. Bear Heart is both a healer and a "road man" of the Native American Church. see all copies from $3.33! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| SVS
2	Creek Marys Blood more books like this by Dee Brown add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Wynema: A Child of the Forest more books like this by S Alice Callahan, A Lavonne Brown Ruoff (Introduction by) add to wishlist Originally published in 1891, "Wynema" is the first novel known to have been written by a woman of American Indian descent. Set against the sweeping and often tragic cultural changes that affected southeastern native peoples during the late nineteenth century, it tells the story of a lifelong friendship between two women from vastly different ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.25! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Jingle Dancer more books like this by Cynthia Leitich Smith, Cornelius Van Wright (Illustrator), Ying-Hwa Hu (Illustrator) add to wishlist Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek, Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow. Includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia. see all copies from $3.92! new only from $10.76! \| SVS
5	A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816 more books like this by Claudio Staunt, Claudio Saunt, Frederick Hoxie (Editor) add to wishlist The story told here is a critical yet unknown chapter in the creation of the American Republic. Claudio Saunt vividly depicts a dramatic transformation in the eighteenth century that overturned the world of the powerful and numerous Creek Indians and forever changed the Deep South. By 1800, some Creeks, whose most valuable belongings had once been ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $18.00! \| SVS
6	The Archaeology of Ocmulgee Old Fields, Macon, Georgia more books like this by Carol I Mason add to wishlist Ocmulgee Old Fields near Macon, Georgia, is the site of a Lower Creek village and associated English trading house dating from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It was excavated in the early 1930s as part of a WPA project directed by A. R. Kelly, which focused primarily on the major Mississippian temple mounds of Macon Plateau. The specific ... see all copies from $3.92! new only from $3.92!
7	The World's Richest Indian: The Scandal Over Jackson Barnett's Oil Fortune more books like this by Tanis C Thorne add to wishlist The first biography of Jackson Barnett, who gained unexpected wealth from oil found on his property. This book explores how control of his fortune was violently contested by his guardian, the state of Oklahoma, the Baptist Church, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and an adventuress who kidnapped and married him. Coming into national prominence as a ... see all copies from $5.89! new only from $5.89! \| SVS
8	The Creek: Farmers of the Southeast more books like this by Tracey Boraas add to wishlist An overview of the past and present of the Creek people. Traces their customs, family life, history, and culture, as well as relations with the U.S. government. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $6.50! \| SVS
9	Three little Indians more books like this by Gene S Stuart add to wishlist Text and illustrations describe the daily life, homes, and families of three Indian children from different tribes--Cheyenne, Creek, and Nootka. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Road to Disappearance: A History of the Creek Indians more books like this by Angie Debo add to wishlist see all copies from $13.82! new only from $18.70! \| first editions \| SVS
11	In Bitterness and in Tears: Andrew Jackson's Destruction of the Creeks and Seminoles more books like this by Sean Michael O'Brien add to wishlist A gripping account of the Creek War of 1813, the Seminole War of 1818, and the tragic displacement by the U.S. Army of the defeated Creeks and other Native Americans to marginal lands west of the Mississippi. see all copies from $4.50! new only from $8.79! \| first editions
12	McGillivray of the Creeks more books like this by John Walton Caughey, William J Bauer, Jr. (Introduction by) add to wishlist First published in 1939, "McGillivray of the Creeks" is a unique mix of primary and secondary sources for the study of American Indian history in the Southeast. John Walton Caughey's definitive biography of Creek leader, Alexander McGillivray (1750-1793) is coupled with 214 letters between McGillivray and Spanish and American political officials. ... see all copies from $20.34! new only from $20.34! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Great Ball Game: A Muskogee Story more books like this by Joseph Bruchac, Susan L Roth (Illustrator) add to wishlist With characteristic action and wit, renowned Native American storyteller Bruchac retells the amusing and rousing folktale of an epic ball game between the Birds and the Animals, which offers the explanation as to why birds fly south every winter. Roth's brilliant collage art enhances the story. Full color. see all copies from $3.86! new only from $10.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Black, White, and Indian: Race and the Unmaking of an American Family more books like this by Claudio Saunt add to wishlist Deceit, compromise, and betrayal were the painful costs of becoming American for many families. For people of Indian, African, and European descent living in the newly formed United States, the most personal and emotional choices--to honor a friendship or pursue an intimate relationship--were often necessarily guided by the harsh economic ... see all copies from $14.99! new only from $16.93! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	An Angry Drum Echoed: Mary Musgrove, Queen of the Creeks more books like this by Pamela Bauer Mueller add to wishlist Born "Coosaponakeesa" to a Creek mother and an English father, she skillfully straddled two worlds: her Indian heritage and the English way of life. Through her influence with the Indian tribes, Mary encouraged the chiefs to meet with General Oglethorpe in Savannah, leading to the peaceful establishment of an English colony in Indian territory. ... see all copies from $2.10! new only from $9.21! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Five civilized tribes more books like this by Grant Foreman add to wishlist see all copies from $2.55! new only from $6.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17	Call the River Home more books like this by Frances Patton Statham add to wishlist In the tradition of Lucia St. Clair Robson, an acclaimed historical novelist illuminates the life of a legendary Indian Queen. Torn between two heritages, the half-breed woman became a major figure in the history of Georgia. Betrayed by the English, she led a historic march on the city of Savannah to reclaim her land. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World more books like this by Robbie Ethridge add to wishlist Reconstructing the environment of the Creek Indians in frontier Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, this work illuminates a time of wrenching transition. It portrays a culture in crisis, its resiliency in the face of change, and the forces that pushed it into destructive conflict. see all copies from $17.74! new only from $17.74! \| SVS
19 view cover	Now the Wolf Has Come: The Creek Nation in the Civil War more books like this by Christine Schultz White, Benton R White add to wishlist see all copies from $8.80! new only from $12.50! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Tree That Bends: Discourse, Power, and the Survival of Maskoki People more books like this by Patricia Riles Wickman add to wishlist The author of this book offers a paradigm for the interpretation of south-eastern Native American, and Spanish colonial history, and another way of viewing the development of the United States. She describes the genesis of those North American groups collectively known as Maskoki. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.05! \| first editions
21	A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G.W. Grayson more books like this by G W Grayson, W David Baird (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Creek Nation more books like this by Allison Lassieur add to wishlist An overview of the Creek Native Americans, including a description of their homes, food, clothing, history, government, religion, towns, and the Creek Confederacy. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $93.24!
23 view cover	Creeks & Seminoles : the destruction and regeneration of the Muscogulge people more books like this by J. Leitch Wright add to wishlist 'This last work by J. Leitch Wright, Junior, is fascinating, fine scholarship and a significant contribution to native American historiography...The author's 'ethnicity' argument provides an interesting alternative analysis of the course of Creek and Seminole history. Well stated and supported, it should excite students and scholars of ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $15.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Drowning in Fire more books like this by Craig S Womack add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Creek Indian Medicine Ways: The Enduring Power of Mvskoke Religion more books like this by David Lewis add to wishlist The Creek Indians of Oklahoma continue to practice traditional medicine. In this book a full-blood Mvskoke and practising medicine man, tells about the medicine tradition that has shaped his life. Born into a family of medicine people, he was chosen at birth to carry on the tradition. He shares his memories here about his childhood training and ... see all copies from $14.82! new only from $14.82! \| SVS

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