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This classic portrait of the Seminole people written at a time when their wayof life was virtually unknown to the rest of the world was originallypublished by the Smithsonian Institutions Bureau of Ethnology in 1889.In 1881 Reverend Clay MacCauley was asked by the bureau to inquire into thecondition and to ascertain the number of the Seminole Indians of Florida.MacCauley an anthropologist but without formal training in ethnology spentthree months in south Florida. When published six years later his report washailed by John Wesley Powell director of the bureau as the first ethnologicexploration of the Seminoles of Florida ever attempted.The report describes Seminole clothing and ornaments the palmthatchedchickees in which families lived economic pursuits crafts and other aspectsof everyday life. Supplementing MacCauleys report in this edition areadditional materials and photographs. «
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