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Informationen zum Autor Jay Miller is an independent researcher and writer. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography (Nebraska, 1990), Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey: An Anchored Radiance (Nebraska, 1999), and Tsimshian Culture: A Light through the Ages (Nebraska, 1997). Alfred Berryhill was twice elected second chief of the Creek Nation, then head of the Cultural Preservation Office, Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Klappentext Jay Miller is an independent researcher and writer. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography (Nebraska, 1990), Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey: An Anchored Radiance (Nebraska, 1999), and Tsimshian Culture: A Light through the Ages (Nebraska, 1997).¿Alfred Berryhill was twice elected second chief of the Creek Nation, then head of the Cultural Preservation Office, Muscogee (Creek) Nation.¿ Zusammenfassung Deconstructs earthen mounds and myths in examining their importance in contemporary Native communities. Drawing on ethnographic and archaeological studies! Jay Miller explores the wide-ranging themes and variations of mounds! from those built thousands of years ago to contemporary mounds! focusing on Native southeastern and Oklahoma towns. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsConventionsArchaeological Time FrameKinship CodesGraphic Codes1. Mounding Up2. Breaking Ground3. SEeing Mounds4. Modern Mounding5. Mounds in FullNotesBibliographyIndex
