
From Princess to Chief
Life with the Waccamaw Siouan Indians of North Carolina
The University of Alabama Press
Will be published approx. on 30. July 2013
Book
Hardback
136 pages
978-0-8173-1797-3 (ISBN)
Description
A collaborative life history of Priscilla Freeman Jacobs, From Princess to Chief tells the story of the first female chief (from 1986 to 2005) of the state-recognised Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe of North Carolina.
In From Princess to Chief, Priscilla Freeman Jacobs and Patricia Barker Lerch detail Jacobs's birth and childhood, coming of age, education, young adulthood, marriage and family, Indian activism, and spiritual life. Jacobs is descended from a family of Indian leaders whose activism dates back to the early twentieth century. Her ancestors pressured the local county and state governments to fund their Indian schools, led the drive for the Waccamaw Sioux to be recognised as Indians in state and federal legislation, and finally succeeded in opening the long-awaited Indian schools in the 1930s.
Jacobs's lasting legacies to her community include the many initiatives on which she collaborated with her father, Clifton Freeman, including the acquisition of common land for the tribe, initiation of a tribal board of directors, incorporation of a development association, and the establishment of a day care and many other social and educational programs. In the 1970s Jacobs served on the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs and was active in the Coalition of Eastern Native Americans.
Introducing the powwow as a way for young people to learn about the traditions of Indian people throughout the state of North Carolina, Jacobs taught many children how to dance and wear Indian regalia with pride and dignity. Throughout her life, Priscilla Jacobs has worked hard to preserve the traditional customs of her people and to teach others about the folk culture that shaped and moulded her as a person.
Told from the point of view of an eyewitness to the community's effort to win federal recognition in 1950 and their lives since, From Princess to Chief helps preserve the story of Jacobs's Indian community.
In From Princess to Chief, Priscilla Freeman Jacobs and Patricia Barker Lerch detail Jacobs's birth and childhood, coming of age, education, young adulthood, marriage and family, Indian activism, and spiritual life. Jacobs is descended from a family of Indian leaders whose activism dates back to the early twentieth century. Her ancestors pressured the local county and state governments to fund their Indian schools, led the drive for the Waccamaw Sioux to be recognised as Indians in state and federal legislation, and finally succeeded in opening the long-awaited Indian schools in the 1930s.
Jacobs's lasting legacies to her community include the many initiatives on which she collaborated with her father, Clifton Freeman, including the acquisition of common land for the tribe, initiation of a tribal board of directors, incorporation of a development association, and the establishment of a day care and many other social and educational programs. In the 1970s Jacobs served on the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs and was active in the Coalition of Eastern Native Americans.
Introducing the powwow as a way for young people to learn about the traditions of Indian people throughout the state of North Carolina, Jacobs taught many children how to dance and wear Indian regalia with pride and dignity. Throughout her life, Priscilla Jacobs has worked hard to preserve the traditional customs of her people and to teach others about the folk culture that shaped and moulded her as a person.
Told from the point of view of an eyewitness to the community's effort to win federal recognition in 1950 and their lives since, From Princess to Chief helps preserve the story of Jacobs's Indian community.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Alabama
United States
Illustrations
7 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
369 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8173-1797-3 (9780817317973)
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Priscilla Freeman Jacobs | Patricia Barker Lerch
From Princess to Chief
Life with the Waccamaw Siouan Indians of North Carolina
E-Book
08/2013
1st Edition
University of Alabama Press
€89.99
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Persons
Priscilla Freeman Jacobs is a pastor, great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, and wife. She lives with her family in North Carolina, USA.
Patricia Barker Lerch received a PhD from the Ohio State University, USA in 1978. Lerch is a professor of cultural anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, USA. She is the author of several books, including Waccamaw Legacy: Contemporary Indians Fight for Survival, and many articles.
Patricia Barker Lerch received a PhD from the Ohio State University, USA in 1978. Lerch is a professor of cultural anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, USA. She is the author of several books, including Waccamaw Legacy: Contemporary Indians Fight for Survival, and many articles.