Seminole

ETHNONYMS: Is-te Semihn-ole, Ya-tkitisci, Istica-ti, Simano-li

Kinship

Kin Groups and Descent. The Seminole arose from tribes of the Southeastern matrilineal complex and maintained matriclans during their flight into Florida. The clans were rigidly exogamous until after World War II, and even now, all know their clan membership.

See also Seminole of Oklahoma

Bibliography

Garbarino, Merwyn S. (1972). Big Cypress: A Changing Seminole Community. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

Garbarino, Merwyn S. (1988). The Seminole. New York: Chelsea House.

Hudson, Charles (1976). The Southeastern Indians. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

McReynolds, Edwin C. (1957). The Seminoles. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Sturtevant, William C. (1971). "Creek into Seminole." In North American Indians in Historical Perspective , edited by Eleanor B. Leacock and Nancy O. Lurie, 92-128. New York: Random House.

Sturtevant, William C. (1987). A Seminole Source Book. New York: Garland Publishing.

MERWYN S. GARBARINO