| Description |
1 online resource : maps |
| Contents |
An introduction to Native American architecture -- What is a Chickee? -- The architecture of Chickees -- Seminole architectural roots -- A century of evolution, 1840-1940 -- Seminole camps -- The transitional period, 1930s-1970s -- The Big Cypress Chickee survey -- Chickees today and beyond |
| Summary |
By examining the past, present, and future of chickees, chickee builders, and their role in tribal life, this architectural and cultural history reveals the relationship between the transformation of these structures and the cultural evolution of the Seminole Tribe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Indian architecture -- Florida -- History
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Seminole Indians -- Florida -- History
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Seminole Indians -- Florida -- Social life and customs
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Indians of North America -- Florida -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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ARCHITECTURE / History / Prehistoric & Primitive
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Indian architecture
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Indians of North America
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Seminole Indians
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Seminole Indians -- Social life and customs
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Gender & Ethnic Studies.
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Social Sciences.
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Ethnic & Race Studies.
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Florida
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Backhouse, Paul N. (Paul Nathan), Author of introduction, etc.
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| LC no. |
2015011679 |
| ISBN |
9780813055602 |
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0813055601 |
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