Online Resources for 18th Century
Southeastern Native Reenactors
Online historical and ethnological
information on Native American cultures of the
Southeast:
A Creek Indian Bibliography, by Anne
Gometz
Map
of Eastern North American Native Cultural Groups
"Georgia
Indians" Links from the UGA Carl Vincent Institute of Gov't.
The
Creek Stories Index from Rootsweb
American
Museum of Natural History Ethnographic Collection - North America.
Searchable by item type, cultural group, etc.
Creek
Treaties related to Georgia, from the Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
the University of Georgia
Southeastern Native American Database portion of the Digital Library of
Georgia
University of Georgia's Hargrett Rare Books Library
Rare Books
Online
Sturtevant's
Map of Eastern Native Tribes
Louis
LeClerc Milfort's Memoirs online, in part at least. Milfort was not
the best historian, but did spend some time among the Creeks during the latter
part of the 18th century
Notes
on the Creek Indians By J. N. B. Hewitt Edited by John R. Swanton. Chapter
from Bulletin 123, Bureau of American Ethnology
University of North Carolina's
"Documenting the American South" - Carolina Provincial papers
Documenting
the Frontier: South Carolina and the Cherokee
Gilcrease Museum
McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee (see the Archaeology and Native
Peoples of TN section)
South
Carolina Historical Society
University of South
Carolina Libraries "South Caroliniana" library
PDF of Tribes
of Georgia from the Muscogee Genealogy site
Modern Tribal Government and associations:
Muscogee Nation
of Oklahoma
Muscogee Nation of
Florida
Official Site of the
Cherokee Nation
Language and Folklore:
Native
Languages: language tapes, info. Include Muscogee, Choctaw, Cherokee,
Chickasaw.
Alabama
Language
Creek
Language Archive
Creek
Folktales by Earnest Gouge
English-Cherokee
Dictionary
Links to Reenactor-specific pages:
One of the Fort Toulouse pages, done by Linda Kerr,
has good info on Creek dress written by Davy Hobbs, and Women's Creek attire by
Ginger Jones. It's very well researched, locale-specific and "plain jane",
but that's what I wear anyway, and they are connected to the fort.
http://www.living-history.net/Fort/FORTTOULOUSE.HTM
Another Fort Toulouse site with good photos, so you
can see what people are wearing, hair styles, etc: http://habitants.8k.com/index.html
Onaquaga
War Party's Membership Guidelines: excellent basic outline for
developing women's attire. Focused on the Northeast, but the general
concepts apply.
General Native technology, resources,
etc. information:
Native American
Ethnobotany: plants used by native people in North America
Artwork online:
George
Catlin display at Smithsonian
"How To" or Handcrafts:
Instructions for Oblique
Fingerweaving, written by Rebecca Jordan, available via her
Onaquaga War Party site.
Native
Tech. variety of techniques and patterns for various items.
Excellent site.
Eholee-Opal
Designs: Fingerweaving and other textiles
Martha
Berry, Cherokee Beadwork Artist. SE inspired designs
Groups and e-mail list
resources:
Southern Indian Department:
His Majesty's Southern Department of Loyal Indian Allies is a historical
re-enactment organization dedicated to the portrayal of the active period of the
British Southern Indian Department in the Colonies-roughly from the middle of
the 18th century through the Revolutionary War (American War for Independence).
Members of this group portray Southeastern Native people, His Majesty's Indian
Department Officers and Employees, Loyalist Rangers and Crown Troops detached in
direct support of the Indian Department.
Our portrayal of the Southern Indian Department brings together reenactors
portraying both whites and natives to allow a more accurate portrayal of the
time period at living history demonstrations, military and civilian historical
reenactments, and through public and private exhibitions, lectures,
demonstrations, and roundtable discussions. To accomplish this, we help our
members grow by sharing research, organizing group events and mentoring of new
members.
NativeList:
An Email List for Living History Reenactors who portray Native Americans or Europeans who had daily contact with Native Americans in the 17th-19th centuries. The primary focus is on the Eastern portion of North America. This includes people who portray Indian Agents, Traders, or members of recreated military units that supported native operations, but not Indian Fighters. Discussion topics for this list will center around the outward appearance and re-creation of the material culture of Native Americans during this time period. Discussions are meant to improve the visible portrayal of natives of the time period within the context of Living History activities, so these activities are also admissible subjects for discussion.
A Yahoo! Group.
Access is through the Yahoo! page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NativeList/
Click to join NativeList
Southeastern
Culture Society:
The Southeastern Culture Society (SCS) is a group of living historians and
reenactors who portray the native peoples of the Southeastern United States
during the historic period. The group is also open to those who portray persons
who would have come into contact with the Southeastern native peoples. The group
focuses on two main periods, mid 18th century and early 19th century, however
persons with an interest in any period are welcome. Topics centered on the
political, religious, or mystical, are generally avoided. Yahoo!
Group. The homepage is here: http://www.southeasternculture.com/
Click to join SoutheasternCulture
Coalition of
Historical Trekkers
While not specifically a native reenacting
organization, the COHT encourages members of all personas who fit the time
period 1600-1840 to participate in events and research. The basic concepts
are an excellent way of applying the research into history and material goods to
try and "get inside the head" of the people of the time period.
From the Purpose and Ideals page
of their website: "the Coalition of Historical Trekkers are dedicated to the
preservation and study of the pre-1840 frontier people in America by means of
literary research and experimental archaeology. We are historical trekkers,
which is to say we are experimental archaeologist, involved in one or more eras
of the historical time frame from 1600 to the year 1840. As is the purpose of an
archaeologist, to establish facts about a historical people or time period, we
establish facts pertaining to the way of life of the pre-1840 frontier people.
This is accomplished by experimentation in wilderness situations, using
firearms, clothing, and accoutrements, authentic to those used by the early
frontier people here in America. We pledge to keep alive the awareness of those
brave people who lived and died while carving out a place in the wilderness. We
recognize that it was these brave men and women who made it possible for us, and
generations to come, to live here in the land of the free-America."
Website: http://www.coht.org/
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