Title Okfuskee : a Creek Indian town in colonial America / Joshua Piker

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 270 pages) : illustrations, map Contents Introduction : peculiar connections -- The town and its neighbors. Okfuskee and the British, 1708-1745 ; Okfuskee and the British, 1749-1774 ; Leaving Okfuskee -- The town and its people. Agriculture and livestock ; Newcomers in the "old white town" ; Big women and mad men -- Conclusion : "The fiends of the Tallapoosie." Summary A work of original scholarship and compelling sweep, 'Okfuskee' is a community-centred Indian history with an explicitly comparativist agenda. Joshua Piker uses the history of Okfuskee, an 18th century Creek town, to reframe standard narratives of both Native and American experiences Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes 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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Creek Indians -- Alabama -- Oakfuskee -- History -- 18th century Creek Indians -- Alabama -- Oakfuskee -- Government relations JUVENILE NONFICTION -- History -- State & Local. HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775) British colonies Creek Indians Creek Indians -- Government relations SUBJECT Oakfuskee (Ala.) -- History -- 18th century Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125644 Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century Subject Alabama -- Oakfuskee America Southern States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2003067735 ISBN 9780674042131 0674042131

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