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Author Pleasants, Julian M

Title Seminole voices : reflections on their changing society, 1970-2000 / Julian M. Pleasants and Harry A. Kersey, Jr
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 234 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Series Indians of the Southeast
Indians of the Southeast.
Contents Economic change -- Seminole education -- Transformations in religion and medicine -- Housing and family transitions in social context -- Dilemmas of language and culture
Summary "In a series of interviews conducted from 1969 to 1971 and again from 1998 to 1999, more than two hundred members of the Florida Seminole community described their lives for the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida. Some of those interviews, now showcased in this volume, shed light on how the Seminoles' society, culture, religion, government, health care, and economy had changed during a tumultuous period in Florida's history
In 1970 the Seminoles lived in relative poverty, dependent on the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tourist trade, cattle breeding, handicrafts, and truck farming. By 2006 they were operating six casinos, and in 2007 they purchased Hard Rock International for $965 million. Within one generation, the tribe moved from poverty and relative obscurity to entrepreneurial success and wealth
Seminole Voices relates how economic changes have affected everyday life and values. The Seminoles' frank opinions and fascinating stories offer a window into the world of a modern Native community as well as a useful barometer of changes affecting its members at the beginning of the twenty-first century."--Pub. desc
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Seminole Indians -- Social conditions
Seminole Indians -- Education
Seminole Indians -- Religion
Seminole Indians -- Medicine
Seminole Indians -- Housing
Seminole Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
Seminole Indians -- Ethnic identity
Social change -- Florida
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Seminole Indians -- Education
Seminole Indians -- Ethnic identity
Seminole Indians -- Medicine
Seminole Indians -- Religion
Seminole Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
Seminole Indians -- Social conditions
Social change
Social conditions
SUBJECT Florida -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Subject Florida
Form Electronic book
Author Kersey, Harry A., 1935-
ISBN 9780803230453
0803230451
1282749390
9781282749399
9786612749391
6612749393