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Red Eagle's children : Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. /

This book presents the legal proceedings in an inheritance dispute that serves as an unexpected window into the intersection of two cultural and legal systems: Creek Indian and Euro-American. Case 1299: Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. appeared in the Chancery Court of Mobile in 1846 when William...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Knight, Judith, Paredes, J. Anthony (James Anthony), 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, [2012]
Colección:Contemporary American Indians.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / J. Anthony Paredes
  • A brief sketch of Creek country in the early nineteenth century / Robbie Ethridge
  • Formation of the Tensaw community / Gregory A. Waselkov
  • Early Alabama law and chancery practice / David I. Durham and Paul M. Pruitt Jr
  • Edited transcript of case 1299 : Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. / Judith Knight
  • A modern Creek Indian reflection on Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. / Nina Gail Thrower (recorded and transcribed by Robert Thrower)
  • Appendix. Reproduction of “Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, during January Term and a Part of June Term, 1852 - Reported by JW Shepherd, Vol XX”.