Starting with the basic archaeological evidence and the written records of early Spanish and English visitors, Patricia Galloway traces the likely origin of the Choctaw people, their movements and interactions with other native groups in the South, and their response to Euro-American contacts.
This rich and detailed work-winner of the Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize, the James Mooney Award, and.
She thereby creates the first careful and complete history of the tribe in the early modern period.
Starting with the basic archaeological evidence and the written records of early Spanish and English visitors, Patricia Galloway traces the likely origin of the Choctaw people, their movements and interactions with other native groups in the South, and their response to Euro-American contacts
