OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9948

Metadata
Title:		Cherokee materials, Samuel George Morton Papers
Contributor:		Martin, James
Date:		1838
Description:		Letters discussing grave robbing of Indigenous ancestors' remains. Correspondence regarding James Martin's collection of Cherokee skulls in North Carolina and Tennessee, where Martin was based at Fort Cass as medical director for Army to the Cherokee Nation. Martin has no flattened skulls as Morton has requested. Mentions Dr. Eugene H. Abadie in Florida; changing burial practices among Cherokees; various cave sites in Tinnipic and Cumberland River Valleys where skulls might be found.
Extent:		2 items
Identifier:		https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9948
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Subject:		Cherokee
		Grave robbing
		Human remains
		Phrenology
		Skulls
		Funeral rites and ceremonies
		Anthropometry
Type:		Correspondence
Type (DCMI):		Text
OLAC Info
Archive:		Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9948
DateStamp:		2020-03-02
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Search Info
Citation:		Martin, James. 1838. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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