Research Catalog

Title

Dreaming with the ancestors : Black Seminole women in Texas and Mexico / Shirley Boteler Mock.

Author

Mock, Shirley Boteler, 1942-

Publication

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2010.

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Details

Description

xiv, 383 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Summary

• Indian freedmen and their descendants have garnered much public and scholarly attention, but women's roles have largely been absent from that discussion. Now a scholar who gained an insider's perspective into the Black Seminole community in Texas and Mexico offers a rare and vivid picture of these women and their contributions. In Dreaming with the Ancestors, Shirley Boteler Mock explores the role that Black Seminole women have played in shaping and perpetuating a culture born of African roots and shaped by southeastern Native American and Mexican influences.
• Mock reveals a unique maroon culture, forged from an eclectic mixture of religious beliefs and social practices. At its core is an amalgam of African-derived traditions kept alive by women. The author interweaves documentary research with extensive interviews she conducted with leading Black Seminole women to uncover their remarkable history. She tells how these women nourished their families and held fast to their Afro-Seminole languageùeven as they fled slavery, endured relocation, and eventually sought new lives in new lands: Of key importance were the "warrior women"ùkeepers of dreams and visions that bring to life age-old African customs.
• Featuring more than 30 illustrations and maps, including historic photographs never before published, Dreaming with the Ancestors combines scholarly analysis with human interest to open a new window on both African American and American Indian history and culture. --Book Jacket.

Series Statement

Race and culture in the American West ; v. 4

Uniform Title

Race and culture in the American West ; v. 4.

Subject

• Black Seminoles > Texas
• Black Seminoles > Mexico
• Black Seminole women > Texas
• Black Seminole women > Mexico
• Oral tradition > Texas
• Oral tradition > Mexico
• Sex role > Texas
• Sex role > Mexico
• Black Seminoles
• Oral tradition
• Black Seminole women
• Sex role
• Mexico
• Texas

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-367) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Black Seminole women -- The birth of the Black Seminoles -- A community of brethren -- The big trip : escape to Mexico -- El Rio Grande, Rio Bravo, and Rio Bravo del Norte -- Rose Kelly moves to Texas -- Ancestors in the house -- Nana Rosa Fay : life on a ranch in Mexico -- Miss Charles Wilson, female warrior -- Those old people liked to "kick up" -- Return to Nacimiento -- Two old "sisters" talk about the old people -- The "broken language" and those "basket" names -- The "sisters" make the sofkee : casa de la comida -- Shouting to the Lord in the "pray's house" -- Dreaming with the ancestors -- The joys of paradise -- Treasures of the spirit.

Call Number

Sc E 11-196

ISBN

• 9780806140537
• 0806140534

LCCN

2010010775

OCLC

605012273

Author

Mock, Shirley Boteler, 1942-

Title

Dreaming with the ancestors : Black Seminole women in Texas and Mexico / Shirley Boteler Mock.

Imprint

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2010.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Race and culture in the American West ; v. 4

Race and culture in the American West ; v. 4.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-367) and index.

Research Call Number

Sc E 11-196