From the Auburn University press people: The College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University invites the public to dialogue with scholars from around the nation during a two-day symposium on the Creek War and the War of 1812 [dead link] on May 22-23, 2009 at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn. […]
Tag: Creek Indians
A nest for growing souls
To learn a language is to gain another soul. Charlemagne is supposed to have said that, or something like it, probably in Old High German. I’ve always admired the saying, and I believe it. F’rinstance, when I speak German (the only language besides English that I’m anything like fluent in), I often find myself acting […]
Symposium on the Creek War
I’m doing a talk at Auburn University’s symposium “The Creek War and War of 1812 in the South,” May 22-23 in Auburn and at the Horseshoe Bend battlefield park. The website is at auburn.edu/creekwar Some widely read historians will be taking part, including Gregory Dowd (A Spirited Resistance), John Grenier (The First Way of War), […]
Why Indians say “how” and “ugh”
Generations of white people have imagined and written about Indians who say “how” or “ugh.” These are the two syllables that represent “Indian language” to many if not most of us. It’s still commonplace for Americans today to think of “Indian” as if it were a single language, spoken from sea to shining sea — […]
Y ahora estoy traduciéndolo….
I’ve been to the Auburn University library and back to capture legible images of manuscripts from the office of the Spanish commandant of Pensacola, Province of West Florida, composed around July 1813. One moment of discovery last week was pure bliss: a letter from the commandant describing in detail the visit by a Creek Indian […]
Memo to the Poarch Creeks: Museums trump casinos
Native America calls attention to a Montana survey of “Indian country” tourists that found only slight interest in gambling, but strong interest in museums, historic landmarks, and opportunities to learn about tribal history and culture. Tourists also complained of a lack of up-to-date information about reasons to visit reservations. Alabama’s only federally recognized tribe, the […]
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