Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians

by John Reed Swanton

Long considered the undisputed authority on the Indians of the southern United States, anthropologist John Swanton published this history as the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) Bulletin 103 in 1931. Swanton's descriptions are drawn from earlier records--including those of DuPratz and Romans--and from Choctaw informants. His long association with the Choctaws is evident in the thorough detailing of their customs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817311092
• ISBN13: 9780817311094
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"