Research Guides: Mississippi Delta : Native Americans

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Tennessee's Indian Peoples by Ronald N. Satz
Call Number: E78.T3 S24
ISBN: 0870492314
Publication Date: 1979-12-15
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Speaking with the Ancestors by Kevin E. Smith; James V. Miller
Call Number: E99.M6815 S67 2009
ISBN: 9780817315955
Publication Date: 2009-01-06
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Mississippi Women by Martha H. Swain (Editor); Elizabeth Anne Payne (Editor); Marjorie Julian Spruill (Editor); Susan Ditto (Associate Editor)
Call Number: CT3260 .M57 2003
ISBN: 0820325023
Publication Date: 2003-11-17
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Chickasaw, a Mississippi Scout for the Union by Levi H. Naron; R. W. Surby; Thomas D. Cockrell; Michael B. Ballard
Call Number: E608 .N37 2005 Special Collections
ISBN: 0807131016
Publication Date: 2005-10-01
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June, 2013

The Guitar and the New World (Excelsior Editions, 2013) offers an entertaining yet informative social history of the world’s most popular instrument—the guitar. Author Joe Gioia investigates a hidden chapter in American music’s history that spans the ancient world to Sioux Ghost Dancers. In this excerpt taken from the chapter titled “Hey-Hey,” Gioia proposes a Native American influence on the history of the blues.

Indian Removal Act of 1830

Government Documents

Indians in Contemporary Society by Garrick A. Bailey (Editor); Smithsonian Institution (U.S.) (Compiled by); William C. Sturtevant (Contribution by)
Call Number: CT3260 .M57 2003
ISBN: 0160803888
Publication Date: 2008-07-28
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Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology.
Call Number: SI 2.1:
Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement Act : report (to accompany H.R. 3534) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources.
Call Number: Y 1.1/8:107-632
Publication Date: 2002-09-04
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To make technical corrections to the status of certain land held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, to take certain land into trust for that band, and for other purposes : report (to accompany S. 1967). by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- )
Call Number: Y 1.1/5:106-307
Publication Date: 2000-06-13
Status of certain land held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians : hearing before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, on S. 1967 ... March 29, 2000, Washington, DC. by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- )
Call Number: Y 4.IN 2/11:S.HRG.106-553
Publication Date: 2000
Archaeological parks : integrating preservation, interpretation, and recreation / Mary L. Kwas, editor.
Call Number: E76.85 .A7 1986
Archaeological investigations at Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Area : 1974, 1975, and 1978 field seasons / edited by Robert C. Mainfort, Jr. ; with contributions by Lou C. Adair ... [et al.].
Call Number: E78.T3 A73 1980
Publication Date: 1980

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