Choctaw Traditions
Stories of the Life and Customs of the Mississippi Choctaw
$99.27
- Paperback
490 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2025
Summary
There are thousands of books that record the oral traditions of Native peoples, documenting their myths, legends, folktales, and tribal histories. Yet, there are almost none that pay the same attention to the oral traditions that make up the other 95 percent of Native American storytelling: the personal, familial, humble stories that convey the depth of cultural knowledge, traditional practices, and lived experience of Native peoples today.
Choctaw Traditions: Stories of the Life and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781496857200 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1496857208 |
| Author: | Tom Mould, Eddie Johnson, Jay Wesley |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Imprint: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 490 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2025 |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 254mm |
Critics Review
“Choctaw Traditions is a watermark in Choctaw knowledge. Providing a compelling mix of first-person teaching with contextualization and analysis, this is an outstanding addition, wholly unique, to the fine body of work on Mississippi Choctaw life that outsiders and insiders have built for more than a century.” - James Taylor Carson, author of Searching for the Bright Path: The Mississippi Choctaws from Prehistory to Removal
Tom Mould
Tom Mould is professor of anthropology and folklore at Butler University. He is author of Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy of the Future; Choctaw Tales; Still, the Small Voice: Narrative, Personal Revelation, and the Mormon Folk Tradition; and Overthrowing the Queen: Telling Stories of Welfare in America, which won the Brian McConnell Book Award and the Chicago Folklore Prize.
Eddie Johnson is a tribal member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, has served as the special projects/media program coordinator in the Department of Chahta Immi, and is now the tribal archivist.
Jay Wesley is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and he is director for the Department of Chahta Immi, which consists of the Choctaw Tribal Language Program, the Cultural Affairs Program, the Special Projects/Media Program, and the Chahta Immi Cultural Center.
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