Buffalo Tiger - Buffalo Tiger
A Life in the Everglades (Indians of the Southeast)
KORTE INHOUD
"In 1959 a group of Miccosukee Indians, frustrated in their attempts to gain official recognition by the United States, met with Fidel Castro and were recognized by the Cuban government. The man behind this unprecedented move to provoke the United States government into action was Buffalo Tiger, a Miccosukee elder who has become one of the most prominent Indian leaders in the southeastern United States in the modern era.".
"This book is the story of Buffalo Tiger's life, told in his own words. Born in a small village in the Everglades in 1920, Buffalo Tiger grew up immersed in the traditional customs and language of the Miccosukees. Making their home for generations in the remote reaches of the Everglades, the Miccosukees were able to retain much of their older way of life well into the twentieth century.
As the modern world encroached on the Miccosukees and the Everglades shrank around them, Buffalo Tiger became an energetic and outspoken leader of the community. He and other Miccosukees fought for years to es...
"This book is the story of Buffalo Tiger's life, told in his own words. Born in a small village in the Everglades in 1920, Buffalo Tiger grew up immersed in the traditional customs and language of the Miccosukees. Making their home for generations in the remote reaches of the Everglades, the Miccosukees were able to retain much of their older way of life well into the twentieth century.
As the modern world encroached on the Miccosukees and the Everglades shrank around them, Buffalo Tiger became an energetic and outspoken leader of the community. He and other Miccosukees fought for years to es...
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2002Uitgever: University of Nebraska Press184 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0803213174ISBN-13: 9780803213173Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Staat: Als nieuw. Hardcover met stofomslag. Titel: Buffalo Tiger. Jaar van uitgave: 2002. Taal: Engels. Krasjes achterzijde omslag verder als nieuw. Ongelezen. Lichte gebruik-/opslagsporen [Auteur: Harry A. Kersey, Jr.] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Bison Books] [Jaar: 2002] [Titel: Buffalo Tiger]
