McGirt v. Oklahoma: Implications of the 2020 Supreme Court Decision for Native America
...describe how crimes are prosecuted on reservations. And it involves a complicated narrative about how Oklahoma tribal jurisdiction has a unique status in relationship to other Indian reservations across the...
Spirits of the Landscape Rediscovered: Ras Michael Brown's African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry
...1973), 239–240, 299–300. Brown uses the West-Central African worldsense to discern the spiritual dimensions of mundane acts, such as planting, fishing, and hunting, as well as the African spiritual elements...
Religion and the US South
...Indigenous peoples had their own religious systems that the coming of European Christianity disrupted, but the Native American presence left a spiritual legacy. More tangible influences of spirit-related health practices...
Hoboken Style: Meaning and Change in Okefenokee Sacred Harp Singing
...Lees' profound sense of spirituality goes far beyond opening and closing a sing with prayer, common practice throughout the Sacred Harp network. Rather, they eloquently speak about spirituality as “Why...
Memphis: Cotton Fields, Cargo Planes, and Biotechnology
...material, cultural, and natural resources, to develop an economic structure based not only on the benefits of geographic location and the spirit of entrepreneurialism but also on investments in human...
All Roads Led from Rome: Facing the History of Cherokee Expulsion
...1845, National Archives. Profiting financially from the expulsion of Cherokees, Floyd County citizens sanctioned Georgia's policies. A few days before the treaty deadline, post commanders estimated the number of Cherokees...
The Color of Democracy: A Japanese Public Health Official’s Reconnaissance Trip to the US South
...the Japanese toward effective population policies. To give at least a semblance of Japanese initiative, SCAP members searched for an appropriate Japanese leader to carry out population reduction policies on...
"Within Thy Circling Pow'r I Stand": Immersive Video from Sacred Harp's Hollow Square
...lead songs, is the physical and spiritual center of Sacred Harp singings. Entering the Hollow Square The hollow square is central to understanding the music and music culture that surrounds...
Hearing the Call: The Cultural and Spiritual Journey of Rosemary McCombs Maxey
...This documentary, Hearing the Call: The Cultural and Spiritual Journey of Rosemary McCombs Maxey, features a Creek community leader who is determined to speak the Creek language every day—to people, when possible, and...
Dancing Around the "Glaring Light of Television": Black Teen Dance Shows in the South
...shows broadcast in an era when civil rights lawsuits and protests sought to overturn policies of racial segregation in schools and public spaces in the South. Wilmington and Washington were...