Rickey Butch Walker

Broschiertes Buch

Warrior Mountians Indian Heritage Student Edition

Beschreibung

Warrior Mountains Indian Heritage was written for the academic and cultural enrichment of all students especially those of Southeastern Indian ancestry. The lessons are for students' reading enjoyment and are designed to meet reading and social studies objectives while providing interesting stories filled with valuable information about Southeastern Indian culture. The lessons are historically specific to the Cherokee, Creek, and Chickasaw Indians of the Southeastern United States. The student edition of Warrior Mountains Indian Heritage has local, regional, and national significance since it discusses important aspects of the history, culture, and lifestyles of some major tribes of the Southeastern United States. The student text can be used as a guide for teachers of various grades to incorporate appropriate lessons of historically important details into their reading and social studies objectives.

Autor

Rickey Butch Walker is a life - long native son of the Warrior Mountains. He descends from Cherokee, Creek, and Celtic (Scots-Irish) people who migrated into the hills and coves of the mountainous region of north Alabama some 250 years ago. He, as was his father, is a member of the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama. Mr. Walker retired after some 35 years with the Lawrence County Board of Education during which he earned post graduate degrees in science, education, and supervision. He taught high school science for 11 years and served as Director of Lawrence County Schools' Indian Education Program and Oakville Indian Mounds Education Center until his retirement in 2009. In addition to his Master's Thesis, he has written several books including High Town Path, Warrior Mountains Folklore, Indians of the Warrior Mountains, Indian Trails of the Warrior Mountains, Warrior Mountains Indian Heritage, Doublehead: Last Chickamauga Cherokee Chief, Chickasaw Chief George Colbert: His Family and His Country, Appalachian Indians of Warrior Mountains and his newly released autobiography Celtic Indian Boy of Appalachia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bluewater Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9781934610664
• ISBN-10: 1934610666
• Artikelnr.: 34794913