A sacred path : the way of the Muscogee Creeks

Chaudhuri, Jean -1997 (Author). Chaudhuri, Joyotpaul. (Added Author). University of California, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0935626549
ISBN: 9780935626544
Physical Description: print
viii, 191 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Publisher: Los Angeles, California : UCLA American Indian Studies Center, �2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Muscogee Creek path: an introduction -- Links to the cosmos: mounds, sun, moon, and stars -- Muscogee genesis: the creation of the earth and the emergence of the clans -- Way of the spirit: the first principles of religion -- The formation of community: the masculine elements of red sticks and white sticks -- The formation of community: the feminine principle -- Around the ceremonial fire -- Ethnicity and diversity in Creek traditions: natives, mixed-bloods, African Americans, and whites -- The Muscogee political system: the authoritative allocation of values -- The harmony of nature, norms, and production -- Placating nature: medicine, magic, myth, transformation, and trickery -- Culture and continuity: a preface to Creek history.