Five Civilized Tribes
The term "Five 'Civilized' Tribes" derives from the colonial and early federal period. It refers to five Native American nations—the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole. These are the first five tribes that Anglo-European settlers generally considered to be "civilized" according to their own world view, namely because these five tribes adopted attributes of the colonists' culture.For example, Christianity, centralized governments, literacy, market participation, written constitutions, intermarriage with white Americans, and plantation slavery practices developed within these nations. The Five "Civilized" Tribes tended to maintain stable political relations.
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Books/Sources
- The Five Civilized Tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole (Civilization of the American Indian)... - Grant Foreman
- The Five Civilized Tribes: The History of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole - Charles River Editors
Youtube
- The Mound Builders to their descendants The Five Civilized Tribes (Southeast History)
- The five civilized tribes, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee, 1966