{"product_id":"red-eagles-children-j-anthony-paredes-9780817317706","title":"Red Eagle's Children: Weatherford vs. Weatherford Et Al.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Eagle's Children \u003c\/i\u003epresents the legal proceedings in an inheritance dispute that serves as an unexpected window on the intersection of two cultural and legal systems: Creek Indian and Euro-American.\u003c\/p\u003eCase 1299: \u003ci\u003eWeatherford vs. Weatherford et al.\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in the Chancery Court of Mobile in 1846 when William \"Red Eagle\" Weatherford's son by the Indian woman Supalamy sued his half siblings fathered by Weatherford with two other Creek women, Polly Moniac and Mary Stiggins, for a greater share of Weatherford's estate. While the court recognized William Jr. as the son of William Sr., he nevertheless lost his petition for inheritance due to the lack of legal evidence concerning the marriage of his biological mother to William Sr. The case, which went to the Alabama Supreme Court in 1851, provides a record of an attempt to interrelate and, perhaps, manipulate differences in cultures as they played out within the ritualized, arcane world of antebellum Alabama jurisprudence.\u003cbr\u003e Although the case has value in the classic mold of salvage ethnography of Creek Indian culture, \u003ci\u003eRed Eagle's Children\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by J. Anthony Paredes and Judith Knight, shows that its more enduring value lies in being a source for historical ethnography--that is, for anthropological analyses of cultural dynamics of the past\u003cbr\u003eevents that complement the narratives of professional historians.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid I. Durham \/ Robbie Ethridge \/ Judith\u003cbr\u003eKnight \/ J. Anthony Paredes \/ Paul M. Pruitt\u003cbr\u003eJr. \/ Nina Gail Thrower \/ Robert Thrower \/\u003cbr\u003eGregory A. Waselkov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Anthony Paredes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817317708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817317706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"J. Anthony Paredes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448987234559,"sku":"9780817317706","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f6f8751-f319-4cbf-a4ac-b56946ef1392.jpg?v=1777261454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-eagles-children-j-anthony-paredes-9780817317706","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}