Choctaw Nation

Audio recording of Paula Wilson Carney, Choctaw elder, in which she recounts her experience in boarding school in Coalgate, Oklahoma. Told in the traditional Choctaw language. English and Choctaw transcription and translation components prepared by Eveline Steele, Choctaw language consultant.

Transcription of an audio recording of Paula Wilson Carney, Choctaw elder, in which she recounts her experience in boarding school in Coalgate, Oklahoma. Told in the traditional Choctaw language. English and Choctaw transcription and translation components prepared by Eveline Steele, Choctaw language consultant.

Audio oral histories originally recorded in 2008 and featuring the voices of more than a dozen elders from the Choctaw Nation.

Audio recording of Rebecca Nahwooksy, Choctaw elder, in which she tells her story 'Childhood memories.' Told in the traditional Choctaw language.

Transcription of an audio recording of Rebecca Nahwooksy, Choctaw elder, in which she tells her story 'Childhood memories.' Told in the traditional Choctaw language. English and Choctaw transcription and translation components prepared by Eveline Steele, Choctaw elder and language consultant.

A collection of Choctaw vocabulary terms for building conversational skills. Topics include sports/ballgame terms, dentist terms, and kitchen terms, plus pronouns, miscellaneous questions, answers, and statements.

Congressman Carl Albert announced his intention to introduce legislation during the first session of the 54th Congress to extend restrictions on Native Americans of the Five Civilized Tribes of one-half or more Native American blood. The bill would continue existing policy to protect restricted Native Americans against the sale, lease, or encumbrance of their restricted lands during the life of the allottees or purchasers.

This document contains correspondence between Congressman Carl Albert and Principal Chief Harry J. W. Belvin of the Choctaw Nation regarding funding for the construction of Indian Health Centers, notes and memorandums from Congressman Albert’s staff, and copies of the full committee report of the 93rd Congress, 1st Session for House of Representatives, Report No. 93, Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, 1974.

This document contains letters, memos, and information sheets sent between Congressman Carl Albert and Principal Chief Harry J. W. Belvin of the Choctaw Nation regarding an add-on appropriation for the construction of three additional Indian health clinics in the Choctaw Nation.

This document contains letters from Congressman Carl Albert to Julia Butler Hansen, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Interior of the Committee on Appropriations, and to Principal Chief J. W. Belvin of the Choctaw Nation, regarding Belvin's proposal for the construction of three buildings for Indian Health Centers.