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Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of (Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology))
Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of - Bulletin Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Author:John R. Swanton Extensively researched, richly illustrated study focuses on one of the U.S.’s richest fields for ethnologic and archaeological research. Concentrating primarily on the Natchez Indians, but also profiling the Muskhogean tribes, the Tunican group, the Chitimacha, and the Atakapa, the comprehensive study describes each tribe’s material ... more »culture, religion, language and social organization, with engrossing accounts of practices related to war, marriage, medicine, hunting, feasts, funeral ceremonies, and other customs.« less