Sacred Beliefs of the Chitimacha Indians [Hardcover]

Faye Stouff (Author), Margot Soule (Illustrator), Peabody Museum (Photographer)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 83 pages
• Publisher: Nashoba Tek Pr; Revised edition (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887875018
• ISBN-13: 978-1887875011
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,735,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent presentation of a unique culture's beliefs., October 20, 1998

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Mike Rivault ([e-mail]) (Baton Rouge, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sacred Beliefs of the Chitimacha Indians (Paperback)

Mrs. Stouff moved to live with the Chitimachas in the mid 1920's after marrying a future chief. She quickly fell in love with this unique and dying culture. As cultural assimilation was preached and "Indianness" was taught to be backwards and wrong, Ma' Faye, as she was known, kept records of all the stories, religious beliefs and and oral histories she heard so many times. The stories in this book run from creation lore to the origin of the Chitimacha clan system and everything in between. It can be said that this invaluable small book will one day be considered a vital link to the Chitimacha's past. As native groups struggle to hold on to what culture they have left, the Chitimachas should be thankful that Ma' Faye loved them so much.