Thatched roofs and open sides : the architecture of Chickees and their changing role in Seminole society / Carrie Dilley ; foreword by Paul N. Backhouse.

By:

Dilley, Carrie [author.]

Contributor(s):

Backhouse, Paul N. (Paul Nathan) [Author of introduction, etc.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813055602
0813055601

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Thatched roofs and open sidesDDC classification:

975.9004/973859 23

LOC classification:

E98.A63 D55 2015eb

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Contents:

An introduction to Native American architecture -- What is a Chickee? -- The architecture of Chickees -- Seminole architectural roots -- A century of evolution, 1840-1940 -- Seminole camps -- The transitional period, 1930s-1970s -- The Big Cypress Chickee survey -- Chickees today and beyond.

Summary: By examining the past, present, and future of chickees, chickee builders, and their role in tribal life, this architectural and cultural history reveals the relationship between the transformation of these structures and the cultural evolution of the Seminole Tribe.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

By examining the past, present, and future of chickees, chickee builders, and their role in tribal life, this architectural and cultural history reveals the relationship between the transformation of these structures and the cultural evolution of the Seminole Tribe.