Although many eastern Indian tribes are now decimated or dispersed, they left a rich legacy for the people who followed. So says an illustrated 28-page booklet, "Indians of the Eastern Seaboard,” just issued by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The booklet is the latest in a popular series of publications about the first inhabitants of what is now the United States. It describes relationships between the Indians and the Pilgrims, the Jamestown colonists, and the Florida missionaries, and the influence this interplay had on the Nation.
The booklet describes, state by state, Indians of the past and present. Bureau of Indian Affairs services are extended now to only three tribes in the area. They are the Cherokees of North Carolina 'and the Seminoles and Miccosukees - (a branch of the Seminoles) - in Florida.
But Indian groups and Indian individuals still live along the Eastern seaboard, or left a still obvious heritage before moving West or to Canada. This new booklet tells where they are today.
"Indians of the Eastern Seaboard" is the 14th booklet in, the series on Indians of various regions.
Other titles in the series are: "Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts of Alaska"; "Indians of Arizona"; "Indians of California"; "Indians of the Central Plains"; "Indians of the Dakotas"; "Indians of the Great Lakes Area"; "Indians of the Gulf Coast States"; "Indians of Montana, Wyoming"; “Indians of New Mexico"; "Indians of North Carolina"; "Indians of the Northwest"; "Indians of Oklahoma"; and "Indians of the Lower Plateau."
Each is available at 15 cents a copy from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D C. 20402. A 25 percent discount is allowed on quantity orders of 100 or more, if mailed to one address.
