UCF Research Guides: American Indian Literature & Culture in Florida: Journal Articles

A Short List of Journals

Florida Anthropologist
online (v.1, 1948+)
General Collection E 78.F6 F58 v.1+ (1948+); current issues on periodical shelves
Florida Historical Quarterly
Online (1908-2007)
General Collection F 306 .F65 (1927+)
Microfilm F 306 .F65 (1908-1940)
Tequesta: The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida
online (1941-2003)
General Collection F 306 .T47 (1959-2009)

Other Journals

South Florida History
Call Number: General Collection F 306 .U72 (1989+)
continues Update
Update
Call Number: General Collection F 306 .U63 (1973-1988)
continued by South Florida History
Studies in American Indian Literatures
v.1+ (1977+)
The Sunland Tribune
Journal of the Tampa Historical Society
online version (1974-2000)
Tampa Bay History
Call Number: General Collection F 319 .T2 T15 (1979-1989)
Online version (1979-1998)

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Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) (1952+)
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Specific Article Citations

The following is a non-comprehensive list identifying some of the articles which have been published in Florida Anthropologist, Florida Historical Quarterly and Tequesta. Use the journal links to retrieve the full text of the articles.

"The Florida Indians in the Seventeenth Century" by Andrews, Charles M.
Tequesta (1943) 1:36-48
"Horatio S. Dexter and Events Leading to the Treaty of Moultrie Creek with the Seminole Indians" by Boyd, Mark F.
Florida Anthropologist (1958) 11/3:65-94
"The Pensacola Indian Trade" by Brannon, Peter A.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1952) 31/1:1-15
"Locating Seminole Indian War Forts" by Brown, Tom O.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1967) 40/3:310-313 (in News & Notes)
"Southern Limit of Timucua Territory" by Bullen, Ripley P.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1969) 47/4:414-419
"A Seminole Census: 1847" by Covington, James W.
Florida Anthropologist (1968) 21/4:120-122
"Apalachee Indians, 1704-1763" by Covington, James W.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1972) 50/4:366-384
"Brighton Indian Reservation, Florida, 1935-1938" by Covington, James W.
Tequesta (1976) 36:54-65
"Federal and State Relations with the Florida Seminoles, 1875-1901" by Covington, James W.
Tequesta (1972) 32:17-27
"Migration of the Seminoles into Florida, 1700-1820" by Covington, James W.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1968) 46:340-357
"Seminole Leadership: Changing Substance, 1858-1958" by Covington, James W.
Tequesta (1980) 40:31-38
"The Apalachee Indians Move West" by Covington, James W.
Florida Anthropologist (1964) 17/4:221-225
"The Florida Seminoles in 1847" by Covington, James W.
Tequesta (1964) 24:49-57
"The State of Florida and the Florida Indians, 1954-1961" by Covington, James W.
Tequesta (1986) 46:35-47
"Trail Indians of Florida" by Covington, James W.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1979) 58/1:37057
"White Control of Seminole Leadership" by Covington, James W.
Florida Anthropologist (1965) 18/3:137-146
"Stranahan's: Last of the Seminole Trading Posts" by Craig, Alan and David McJunkin
Florida Anthropologist (1971) 24/2:45-50
"Florida Place-Names of Indian Origin" by Drew, Frank
Florida Historical Quarterly (1928) 6/4:197-205
"Notes on the Origin of the Seminole Indians of Florida by Drew, Frank
Florida Historical Quarterly (1927) 6/1:21-24
"Arizona Apaches as 'Guests' in Florida" by East, Omega G. and Albert C. Manucy
Florida Historical Quarterly (1952) 30/3:294-300
"The Timucua Indians of Sixteenth Century Florida" by Ehrmann, W.W.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1940) 18/3:168-191
"The Seminole's Christmas" and "A Seminole Reminiscence" (reprints from the Miami Metropolis) by Evan, J.W.
Tequesta (1980) 40:39-46
"Five Plants Essential to the Indians and Early Settlers of Florida" by Gifford, John C.
Tequesta (1944) 1:36-44
"The Seminole Negroes of Andros Island, Bahamas" by Goggin, John M.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1946) 24/3:201-206
"The Tekesta Indians of Southern Florida" by Goggin, John Mann
Florida Historical Quarterly (1940) 18/4:274-284
"Pinellas Point: A Possible Site of Continuous Indian Habitation" by Goodyear, Albert C.
Florida Anthropologist (1968) 21/2-3:74-82
"Cerimonial Practices of the Modern Seminole" by Greenlee, Robert F.
Tequesta (1942) 1:25-33
"Demographic Patterns and Changes in Mid-Seventeenth Century Timucua and Apalachee" by Hann, John H.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1986) 64/4: 371-392
"Heathen Acuera, Murder, and a Potano Cimarrona: The St. Johns River and the Alachua Prairie in the 1670s" by Hann, John H.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1992) 70/4:451-474
"Political Leadership Among the Natives of Spanish America" by Hann, John H.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1992) 71/2:188-208
"Twilight of the Mocamo and Guale Aborigines as Portrayed in the 1695 Spanish Visitation" by Hann, John H.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1987) 66/1:1-24
"Home Life of the Florida Indians" by Harrison, Benjamin
Florida Historical Quarterly (1924) 3/1:17-28
"Spanish Treaties with West Florida Indians, 1784-1802" by Holmes, Jack D. L.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1969) 48/2:140-154
"Educating the Seminole Indians of Florida, 1879-1970" by Kersey, Harry A., Jr.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1970) 49/1:16-35
"The 'Friends of the Seminole' Society: 1899-1926" by Kersey, Harry A., Jr.
Tequesta (1974) 34:3-20
"The Dania Indian School, 1927-1936" by Kersey, Harry A., Jr. & Mark S. Goldman
Tequesta (1979) 39:42-53
"The Caloosa Village Tequesta: A Miami of the Sixteenth Century" by McNicoll, Robert E.
Tequesta (1941) 1:11-20
"Music of the Seminoles" by Moore-Willson, Minnie
Florida Historical Quarterly (1928) 7/2:155-158
"The Seminole Indians of Florida" by Moore-Willson, Minnie
Florida Historical Quarterly (1928) 7/1:75-87
"The Seminole Women of Florida" by Munroe, Mary Barr
Tequesta (1981) 41:23-32
"Dugouts of the Mikasuki Seminole" by Neill, Wilfred T.
Florida Anthropologist (1953) 6/3:77-84
"Preparation of Rubber by the Florida Seminole" by Neill, Wilfred T.
Florida Anthropologist (1956) 9/1:25-28
"Sailing Vessels of the Florida Seminole" by Neill, Wilfred T.
Florida Anthropologist (1956) 9/3-4:79-86
"The Calumet Ceremony of the Seminole Indians" by Neill, Wilfred T.
Florida Anthropologist (1955) 8/3:83-88
"The Identity of Florida's Spanish Indians" by Neill, Wilfred T.
Florida Anthropologist (1955) 8/2:43-57
"Forgotten Sacrifice: Native American Involvement in the Construction of the Castillo de San Marcos" by Palmer, Jason B.
Florida Historical Quarterly (2002) 80/4:437-454
"Timucuan Rebellion of 1656: The Rebolledo Investigation and the Civil-Religious Controversy" by Pearson, Fred Lamar, Jr.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1983) 61/3:260-280
"Origins of the St. John's River Seminole: Were They Mikasuki?" by Porter, Kenneth Wiggins
Florida Anthropologist (1951) 4/3-4:39-45
"The Cowkeeper Dynasty of the Seminole Nation" by Porter, Kenneth Wiggins
Florida Historical Quarterly (1952) 30/4:341-349
"Thionoto-Sassa: A Note on the Obscure Seminole Village of the Early 1820's" by Porter, Kenneth Wiggins
Florida Anthropologist (1960) 13/4:115-119
"The Agriculture of Early North Florida Indians" by Spellman, Charles W.
Florida Anthropologist (1948) 1/3-4:37-48
"A Newly-Discovered 1838 Drawing of a Seminole Dance" by Sturtevant, William C.
Florida Anthropologist (1962) 15/3:73-82
"A Seminole Personal Document" by Sturtevant, William C.
Tequesta (1956) 16:55-75
"Chakaika and the Spanish Indians: Documentary Sources Compared with Seminole Tradition" by Sturtevant, William C.
Tequesta (1953) 13:35-73
"R.H. Pratts Report on the Seminole in 1879" by Sturtevant, William C.
Florida Anthropologist (1956) 9/1:1-24
"The Medicine Bundles and Busks of the Florida Seminole" by Sturtevant, William C.
Florida Anthropologist (1954) 7/2:31-70
"An Indian Stockade and Fort in Northwest Florida" by Wager, Ralph E.
Florida Historical Quarterly (1962) 40/4:417-421 (in The Editor's Corner)