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University Press of Florida Thatched Roofs and Open Sides: The Architecture of Chickees and Their Changing Role in Seminole Society (Florida Quincentennial)

Name: Thatched Roofs and Open Sides: The Architecture of Chickees and Their Changing Role in Seminole Society (Florida Quincentennial)
Brand: University Press of Florida
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One of the most prevalent misconceptions about the architecture of Native Americans is that they all lived in teepees or wigwams. In Thatched Roofs and Open Sides, Carrie Dilley reveals the design, construction, history, and cultural significance of the chickee, the unique Seminole structure made of palmetto and cypress.The naturalist-explorer William Bartram first sighted chickees when he penetrated Florida’s dense tropical forests. During the Seminole Wars, the thatched roof platforms served as hideouts and shelters. In the twentieth century, the government and charitable organizations deemed the abodes ""primitive"" and ""unfit,"" and, rather than move into non-chickee housing, the Seminoles began to modernize them. Today, chickees can still be found throughout tribal land, but they are no longer primary residences. Instead, they are built to teach people about Seminole life and history and to encourage tribal youth to reflect on that aspect of their culture.Dilley interviews builders and surveys over five hundred chickees on the Big Cypress Indian Reservation, illustrating how the multipurpose structure has evolved over time to meet the changing needs of the Seminole Tribe. Review "Adds an important chapter to a rather sparse, albeit growing, literature on Indigenous design and architecture. . . . Rebukes the view that tribes in the Americas only had teepees and igloos."--Journal of Native American and Indigenous Studies "Presents a compelling examination of the chickee that is as much ethnohistory as architectural history."--H-Net "Never before has there been a systematic study of chickees. . . . An informative and detailed exploration of chickees at the intersection of architectural history and cultural analysis."--Florida Historical Quarterly About the Author Carrie Ann Dilley is visitor services and development manager at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum in Clewiston, Florida, USA. She is the former architectural historian of the Seminole Tribe of Florida Tribal Historic Preservation Office.

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Brand: University Press of Florida
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0813061539
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Architecture > Drafting & Presentation
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 September 2015
Listed Since: 14 March 2015

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