McGirt v. Oklahoma: Implications of the 2020 Supreme Court Decision for Native America
[author_affiliation] Overview Introduction Craig Womack: Welcome, everybody, to Atlanta and to Emory University. Welcome to a place where Muscogee Creek people have had government, jurisdiction, and land tenure since time immemorial—way back before the written records. Because this is the heart and soul of where Creek people come from, we feel that this is an […]
Hearing the Call: The Cultural and Spiritual Journey of Rosemary McCombs Maxey
[author_affiliation] Overview Video A Reflection by Craig Womack A friend of mine tells a story about his high school days in the greater tri-city area (Wetumka, Weleetka, and Wewoka—Creek names for water that roars, runs, and barks—for those of you from parts other than rural eastern Oklahoma). One day in his Weleetka High School class, […]
Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in Native American Literature: A Panel Discussion
Introduction: Theorists in Dialogue about Native American Literature, Hybridity, and Tribal Sovereignty Craig Womack: Each of the participants who joined me in the Emory discussion on April 22, 2011—Lisa Brooks, Michael Elliot, Arnold Krupat, and Elvira Pulitano—has authored a range of writings that we might view as creating a dialogue with each other in the […]
Fife Family Cemetery
Video Fife Family Cemetery, Hughes County, Oklahoma, 2008. Filmed by Craig Womack and Rosemary McCombs Maxey, edited by Southern Spaces staff. Affiliated essay.
Aestheticizing a Political Debate: Can the Creek Confederacy Be Sung Back Together?
Aestheticizing a Political Debate: Can the Creek Confederacy Be Sung Back Together? Part 2: Womack analyzes Posey’s representation of the vexed relationships between Creeks and Freedmen in the Creek Confederacy Part 3: Womack contrasts Posey’s stories of racial/ethnic interdependency with the contemporary reality in the Creek Confederacy About Craig Womack Dr. Craig Womack is an Oklahoma […]
Baptists and Witches: Multiple Jurisdictions in a Muskogee Creek Story
Baptists and Witches: Multiple Jurisdictions in a Muskogee Creek Story Part 2: Womack undertakes an interpretive reading of Mendoza’s story, highlighting the importance of Thlewarle Church Part 3: Womack explores themes of fear and kin as Shirley’s brother tries to save her Part 4: Womack considers how Fife’s article on Thlewarle and Mendoza’s story illuminate tensions of spatial […]