Native Americans in Florida

by McCarthy, Kevin M.

• ISBN13: 9781561641819
• ISBN10: 1561641812
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Pineapple Pr Inc

Summary

Traces the history and culture of various Native American tribes in Florida, addressing such topics as mounds and other archeological remains, languages, reservations, wars, and European encroachment.

Author Biography

Kevin M. McCarthy is a professor of English at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
I. INTRODUCTION
Archaeology	3	(4)
Mounds	7	(4)
Languages of Native Americans	11	(3)
Native Americans as Mascots	14	(3)
Reservations	17	(6)
Indian Legend 1: How the Turtle Could Not Make Up His Mind	20	(3)
II. TIME PERIODS
Paleoindian Period [10,000 B.C.--7000 B.C.]	23	(3)
Page-Ladson Site	26	(2)
Early Archaic Period [7500 B.C.--5000 B.C.]	28	(2)
Windover Pond	30	(2)
Middle Archaic Period [5000 B.C.--3000 B.C.]	32	(2)
Little Salt Spring	34	(4)
Indian Legend 2: How the Panther Almost Ate the Rabbit	36	(2)
Late Archaic Period [3000 B.C.--500 B.C.]	38	(2)
Horr's Island	40	(2)
Formative Period [500 B.C.--A.D. 1000]	42	(2)
Crystal River State Archaeological Site	44	(2)
Mississippian Period [A.D. 1000--A.D. 1500]	46	(2)
Lake Jackson	48	(5)
Indian Legend 3: How White Men Tricked the Indians	51	(2)
Sixteenth Century	53	(3)
Seventeenth Century	56	(4)
Eighteenth Century	60	(3)
Nineteenth Century	63	(4)
Twentieth Century	67	(8)
Indian Legend 4: How an Indian Taught a White Man about Honesty	70	(5)
III. FLORIDA TRIBES
Ais	75	(2)
Apalachee	77	(3)
Mission San Luis	80	(3)
Calusa	83	(3)
Key Marco	86	(3)
Matecumbe	89	(2)
Miccosukees	91	(3)
Seminoles	94	(3)
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum	97	(3)
Osceola	100	(3)
Betty Mae Jumper	103	(3)
Green Corn Ceremony	106	(2)
Tequesta	108	(3)
Timucua	111	(4)
Turtle Mound	115	(3)
Tocobaga	118	(3)
Florida's Pocahontas	121	(2)
Philippe Park Mound	123	(60)
APPENDIXES
A. Calendar	127	(17)
B. Florida Native American Heritage Trail	144	(35)
C. Glossary	179	(4)
Index	183