Dr. Robbie Ethridge, chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Mississippi, and editor of the journal Ethnohistory, will conclude the inaugural Delta State Native American Heritage month celebration with a lecture on pre-contact Mississippian leadership practices Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in the BPAC Recital Hall.<\/p>\n
The title of Ethridge\u2019s talk is “When Giants Walked the Earth: Chief Tascaluza and Indian Leadership in the Ancient South.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to writing several articles and book chapters on the history of native peoples of the American South, she is the author of \u201cCreek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World, 1796-1816\u201d and the Mooney Award-winning book \u201cFrom Chicaza to Chickasaw: The European Invasion and the Transformation of the Mississippian World, 1540-1715.\u201d\u00a0 Both were published by the University of North Carolina Press.<\/p>\n
Her current research is on the rise and fall of the Mississippian world, which examines the rise of pre-Columbian Mississippian chiefdoms, the 700-year history of this world, the collapse of this world with European contact and the restructuring of the native South into the colonial South.<\/p>\n
The event is free and open to the public. For additional information, contact 662-846-4177.<\/p>\n
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