Square Ground/Architecture

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The "Square Ground" & the layout and architecture of Southeastern tribal towns -- If architecture is your thing, or if ceremony interests you, or you want to learn about lifeways in an SE Indian town, you may want to go for this one. What are various kinds of SE Indian houses & how were they connected with environments? What's a chickee? What about the ball fields that were part of so many Southeastern Indian towns? What is the symbolism of the "Square Ground?" This topic gets to the core of SE Indian life.

   
Chickee - traditional Seminole housing                               Echota Courthouse

America's Fascinating Indian Heritage
Native American Architecture
, Nabokov & Easton
722.91 N11
Southeastern Indians, Hudson
see the great Indian resources in the 970s Reference Area