American Indians of the Southeast

A title which follows AMERICAN WOODLAND INDIANS and details the tribes of the south east of the United States from the Mississippi basin to the eastern seaboard. Covers nations such as the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Seminole and Creek, and describes the conflicts in which they fought during the eighteenth century.

The southeastern people were the descendants of ancient prehistoric Native American cultures, and were probably on the decline when first known to Europeans.

Despite being poorly reported in popular histories, they have been well described by several early European traders and by a number of well-known American ethnologists who collected details of surviving native culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The white man's expanding plantation society and the tragic removal of the Native American population to Indian Territory saw the end of this farming, hunting and trading culture.

This title examines the absorbing history and culture of the native peoples of the southeastern United States.