Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico
Book description
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 culture, religion, language and social organization, with engrossing accounts of practices related to war, marriage, medicine, hunting, feasts, funeral ceremonies, and other customs.
Why read it?
1 author picked Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
If you're interested in learning the history of Mississippian tribes, this is the bible! It contains first-person accounts of First Nation groups written by missionaries. They're the first and only such written descriptions we have. The Jesuits had their own cultural biases, to be sure, but their observations are invaluable.
From Jim's list on ancient mounds.
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