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Keeping the circle : American Indian identity in eastern North Carolina, 1885-2004 / Christopher Arris Oakley

Oakley, Christopher Arris [Verfasser]

Lincoln. : University of Nebraska Press, 2005

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xii, 191 pages) : Illustrations, maps

Indians of the Southeast

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-186) and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

0-8032-5069-X ; 978-0-8032-5069-7 ; 1-280-37464-0 ; 978-1-280-37464-7 ; 0-8032-3574-7

 

Indianer  North Carolina  USA  Ethnizität  Geschichte 1885-2004 

 

Keeping the Circle presents an overview of the modern history and identity of the Native peoples in twentieth-century North Carolina, including the Lumbees, the Tuscaroras, the Waccamaw Sioux, the Occaneechis, the Meherrins, the Haliwa-Saponis, and the Coharies. From the late 1800s until the 1930s, Native peoples in the eastern part of the state lived and farmed in small isolated communities. Although relatively insulated, they were acculturated, and few fit the traditional stereotype of an Indian. They spoke English, practiced Christianity, and in general lived and worked like other North Carolinians. Nonetheless, Indians in the state maintained a strong sense of "Indianness."...