Oklahoma Seminoles by James H Howard

Oklahoma Seminoles by James H Howard

Oklahoma Seminoles is a much-needed ethnography of a native American population that has been frequently overlooked or underplayed in the anthropological literature. The main focus of the volume is on medicine and magic. However, Seminole history, ceremonialism, sports and games, religion, mortuary practices, folklore, and culture change are also treated.At this point the book represents the best general source of ethnographic information about the Oklahoma Seminoles available in the literature. Both historians and anthropologists should find it useful. Journal of Southern History James Howard has provided a valuable contribution in this description of 'traditional' religious, magical, and medical belief and practice among the contemporary Seminole Indians of Oklahoma.The book's major strength is that it is a comprehensive descriptive overview of its subject. An additional strength lies in the illustrations by Willie Lena, which reflect the view of a native traditionalist and are ethnographic documents in themselves. Ethnohistory This is a valuable scholarly source for comparative studies with other tribes or for the impact of white culture upon on uprooted native people. Journal of the West Volume 166 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series James H. Howard was Professor of Anthropology at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. He was the author of several books and articles in the field of American Indian studies.

Oklahoma Seminoles is a much-needed ethnography of a native American population that has been frequently overlooked or underplayed in the anthropological literatureThe main focus of the volume is on medicine and magic. However, Seminole history, ceremonialism, sports and games, religion, mortuary practices, folklore, and culture change are also treated. . . . At this point the book represents the best general source of ethnographic information about the Oklahoma Seminoles available in the literature. Both historians and anthropologists should find it useful."" - Journal of Southern History

""James Howard has provided a valuable contribution in this description of 'traditional' religious, magical, and medical belief practice among the contemporary Seminole Indians of Oklahoma. . . . The book's major strength is that it is a comprehensive descriptive overview of its subject. An additional strength lies in the illustrations by Willie Lena, which reflect the view of a native traditionalist and are ethnographic documents in themselves."" - Ethnohistory

""This is a valuable scholarly source for comparative studies with other tribes or for the impact of white culture upon an uprooted native people."" - Journal of the West

James H. Howard, who received the Ph.D. degree in anthropology from the University of Michigan, was Professor of Anthropology at Oklahoma State University until his untimely death while this book was in progress. American Indian studies had long been Howard's special field on interest, and he wrote several books and many articles for anthropological journals on related subjects.

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ISBN 13	9780806122380
ISBN 10	0806122382
Title	Oklahoma Seminoles
Author	James H Howard
Series	The Civilization Of The American Indian Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Oklahoma Press
Year published	1984-05-30
Number of pages	304
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