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How do we learn about the past?

Indians Before Europeans
American Indian Perspectives
Origins of the Middle World
Creation of the World (Osage)
Creation of the World (Caddo)
Creation of the Sun (Tunica)
The Daughters and the Serpent Monster (Caddo)
How Tlanuwa Deafeated Uktena (Cherokee)
Lightning Defeats the Underground Monster (Caddo)
Chaos into Order
Maintaining Order in Osage Communities
How People Came to Hunt Animals (Caddo)
Origins of Corn (Natchez)
Origins of Fire (Cherokee)
Natchez Sacred Fire
Understanding the World Through Stories
Caddo Creation Stories
Story 1: Creation and Early Migration
Story 2: Creation of Day and Night
Story 3: Origin of Animals
Story 4: Coyote and the Origins of Death
Story 5: Origin of the Medicine Men
Story 6: Lightning and Thunder
Academic Perspectives
Ice Age Migrations
Paleoindians
The Dalton Culture
Archaic Period Cultures
Woodland Period Cultures
The Mississippi Period

First Encounters

Historic Arkansas Indians
The Quapaw Indians
The Caddo Indians
Tunica and Koroa Indians
The Osage Indians
The Chickasaws
The Natchez Indians

Indians After Europeans
Indians and Colonists
Indians in the Old South
Indians in the New South
Indians Today

Current Research
Ancient Foodways
Arkansas Novaculite Project
Bruce Catt
3LO226
Caddo Dance
CARV Project
Research Design
Introduction
Background
Project Goals
Previous Research
Project Organization
Arkansas Archeological Survey
Caddo Nation
Osage Nation
Quapaw Nation
Project Methods
Collection Inventory and Analysis
GIS, Remote Sensing, and Excavation
Summary
References Cited
Project Accomplishments
Project Initiation Meeting
Memorandum
NMAI Inventory
Gilcrease Museum Inventory
LSEM Inventory
UA Collection Inventory
3YE347 Survey
3PP274 Survey
3YE25 Survey
3YE25 Tree Planting
3YE25 Geophysics
3YE25 Excavations
3YE347 Analysis
3YE25 Analysis
3CN213 Analysis
Ozark Reservoir Analysis
Lithic Raw Materials
Year 2 Project Meeting

Writing Prompts

Learning Exercises
Indians and Animals
The Three-Layer Universe
Trade Goods
What is a Map?
Frontier Exchange Economy
Creation Stories
Children of the Middle Waters (Osage)
Origin of the Middle World (Yuchi)
The First People (Caddo)
Origin of the Supreme Being (Caddo)
Origin of Animals (Caddo)
Origin of Corn (Natchez)
Origin of Beans (Tunica)
Origin of Fire (Cherokee)
The Calumet Ceremony in the Mississippi Valley
Marquette Account
Gravier Account
Du Poisson Account
First Encounters: Cultural Perspectives
Gentleman of Elvas: Chapter XXII
Gentleman of Elvas: Chapter XXIII
Gentleman of Elvas: Chapter XXVI
Gentleman of Elvas: Chapter XXIX
Gentleman of Elvas: Chapter XXXII and XXXIII
Ritual Analysis
Caddo Harvest Ritual
Natchez Harvest Ceremony
Smoking Ceremony from the Songs of the Wa-Xo'-Be (Osage)
Transcending Themes

Project Background and History


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  1. Introduction

  2. How do we learn about the past?

  3. Indians Before Europeans
    1. American Indian Perspectives
      1. Origins of the Middle World
      2. Creation of the World (Osage)
      3. Creation of the World (Caddo)
      4. Creation of the Sun (Tunica)
      5. The Daughters and the Serpent Monster (Caddo)
      6. How Tlanuwa Deafeated Uktena (Cherokee)
      7. Lightning Defeats the Underground Monster (Caddo)
      8. Chaos into Order
      9. Maintaining Order in Osage Communities
      10. How People Came to Hunt Animals (Caddo)
      11. Origins of Corn (Natchez)
      12. Origins of Fire (Cherokee)
      13. Natchez Sacred Fire
      14. Understanding the World Through Stories
      15. Caddo Creation Stories
        1. Story 1: Creation and Early Migration
        2. Story 2: Creation of Day and Night
        3. Story 3: Origin of Animals
        4. Story 4: Coyote and the Origins of Death
        5. Story 5: Origin of the Medicine Men
        6. Story 6: Lightning and Thunder
    2. Academic Perspectives
      1. Ice Age Migrations
      2. Paleoindians
      3. The Dalton Culture
      4. Archaic Period Cultures
      5. Woodland Period Cultures
      6. The Mississippi Period

  4. First Encounters

  5. Historic Arkansas Indians
    1. The Quapaw Indians
    2. The Caddo Indians
    3. Tunica and Koroa Indians
    4. The Osage Indians
    5. The Chickasaws
    6. The Natchez Indians

  6. Indians After Europeans
    1. Indians and Colonists
    2. Indians in the Old South
    3. Indians in the New South
    4. Indians Today

  7. Current Research
    1. Ancient Foodways
    2. Arkansas Novaculite Project
    3. Bruce Catt
    4. 3LO226
    5. Caddo Dance
    6. CARV Project
      1. Research Design
        1. Introduction
        2. Background
        3. Project Goals
        4. Previous Research
        5. Project Organization
          1. Arkansas Archeological Survey
          2. Caddo Nation
          3. Osage Nation
          4. Quapaw Nation
        6. Project Methods
          1. Collection Inventory and Analysis
          2. GIS, Remote Sensing, and Excavation
          3. Summary
        7. References Cited
      2. Project Accomplishments
        1. Project Initiation Meeting
        2. Memorandum
        3. NMAI Inventory
        4. Gilcrease Museum Inventory
        5. LSEM Inventory
        6. UA Collection Inventory
        7. 3YE347 Survey
        8. 3PP274 Survey
        9. 3YE25 Survey
        10. 3YE25 Tree Planting
        11. 3YE25 Geophysics
        12. 3YE25 Excavations
        13. 3YE347 Analysis
        14. 3YE25 Analysis
        15. 3CN213 Analysis
        16. Ozark Reservoir Analysis
        17. Lithic Raw Materials
        18. Year 2 Project Meeting

  8. Writing Prompts

  9. Learning Exercises
    1. Indians and Animals
    2. The Three-Layer Universe
    3. Trade Goods
    4. What is a Map?
    5. Frontier Exchange Economy
    6. Creation Stories
      1. Children of the Middle Waters (Osage)
      2. Origin of the Middle World (Yuchi)
      3. The First People (Caddo)
      4. Origin of the Supreme Being (Caddo)
      5. Origin of Animals (Caddo)
      6. Origin of Corn (Natchez)
      7. Origin of Beans (Tunica)
      8. Origin of Fire (Cherokee)
    7. The Calumet Ceremony in the Mississippi Valley
      1. Marquette Account
      2. Gravier Account
      3. Du Poisson Account
    8. First Encounters: Cultural Perspectives
      1. Gentleman of Elvas: Chapter XXII
      2. Gentleman of Elvas: Chapter XXIII
      3. Gentleman of Elvas: Chapter XXVI
      4. Gentleman of Elvas: Chapter XXIX
      5. Gentleman of Elvas: Chapter XXXII and XXXIII
    9. Ritual Analysis
      1. Caddo Harvest Ritual
      2. Natchez Harvest Ceremony
      3. Smoking Ceremony from the Songs of the Wa-Xo'-Be (Osage)
    10. Transcending Themes

  10. Project Background and History

 
 

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