{"product_id":"creek-country-the-creek-indians-and-their-world","title":"Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCreek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World\u003c\/h1\u003eRobbie Ethridge,Robbie Ethridge\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003eDecember 08 2003\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780807854952\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0807854956\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003eReconstructing the human and natural environment of the Creek Indians in frontier Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, Robbie Ethridge illuminates a time of wrenching transition. \u003ci\u003eCreek Country\u003c\/i\u003e presents a compelling portrait of a culture in crisis, of its resiliency in the face of profound change, and of the forces that pushed it into decisive, destructive conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEthridge begins in 1796 with the arrival of U.S. Indian Agent Benjamin Hawkins, whose tenure among the Creeks coincided with a period of increased federal intervention in tribal affairs, growing tension between Indians and non-Indians, and pronounced strife within the tribe. In a detailed description of Creek town life, the author reveals how social structures were stretched to accommodate increased engagement with whites and blacks. The Creek economy, long linked to the outside world through the deerskin trade, had begun to fail. Ethridge details the Creeks' efforts to diversify their economy, especially through experimental farming and ranching, and the ecological crisis that ensued. Disputes within the tribe culminated in the Red Stick War, a civil war among Creeks that quickly spilled over into conflict between Indians and white settlers and was ultimately used by U.S. authorities to justify their policy of Indian removal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44083579813933,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_5988623d-bb9e-4e2f-ad14-2d3d8adb3f71.jpg?v=1768606692","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/creek-country-the-creek-indians-and-their-world","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}