Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy for the Future

by Tom Mould

Book Overview

Explores the power and artistry of prophecy among the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, who use predictions about the future to interpret the world around them

This book challenges the common assumption that American Indian prophecy was an anomaly of the 18th and 19th centuries that resulted from tribes across the continent reacting to the European invasion. Tom Mould's study of the contemporary prophetic traditions of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817312269
• ISBN13: 9780817312268
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"