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Author Dilley, Carrie, author.

Title Thatched roofs and open sides : the architecture of Chickees and their changing role in Seminole society / Carrie Dilley ; foreword by Paul N. Backhouse.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
©2015.

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Description 1 online resource : maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary By examining the past, present, and future of chickees, chickee builders, and their role in tribal life, this architectural and cultural history reveals the relationship between the transformation of these structures and the cultural evolution of the Seminole Tribe.
Contents An introduction to Native American architecture -- What is a Chickee? -- The architecture of Chickees -- Seminole architectural roots -- A century of evolution, 1840-1940 -- Seminole camps -- The transitional period, 1930s-1970s -- The Big Cypress Chickee survey -- Chickees today and beyond.
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Subject Indian architecture -- Florida -- History.
Indian architecture.
Florida.
History.
Seminole Indians -- Florida -- History.
Seminole Indians.
Seminole Indians -- Florida -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Indians of North America -- Florida -- History.
Indians of North America.
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Added Author Backhouse, Paul N. (Paul Nathan), Author of introduction, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Dilley, Carrie, author. Thatched roofs and open sides 9780813061535 (DLC) 2015011679 (OCoLC)904861744
ISBN 9780813055602 electronic book
0813055601 electronic book
9780813061535
0813061539