Choctaw Nation

Audio recording of narratives and commentaries featuring Choctaw speakers Eveline Steele, Abe Frazier, Paula Carney, Christine Ludlow, Rebecca Nahwoosky, Lillie Jessie, and Henry Willis. Originally recorded January 30, 2008.

Miss Wilma Louise Victor, a member of the Choctaw Indian tribe from McCurtain County, Oklahoma, received congratulations from her Congressman, Representative Carl Albert, for winning the Federal Woman's Award for her work in administering a program for disadvantaged Indian youth at Intermountain Indian School in Utah. She was recognized for her exceptional creative and executive ability.

The document discusses a housing project for the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma, involving the construction of 85 single-family homes. The project is funded through federal grants and involves multiple agencies and contractors. There is also mention of a neighborhood facilities grant application that has been recalled due to a dispute over the land on which the project is proposed to be built. Congressman Carl Albert is involved in advocating for the approval of the project.

A news clipping announcing that Wilma Louie Victor, a Choctaw woman from Idabel, Oklahoma, was honored with the Federal Woman's Award for her exceptional work in administering a program for disadvantaged Native American youth at Intermountain Indian School in Utah.

The document contains notes listing names related to the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee and stating that the appropriations process for the Indian Health Service falls under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Interior instead of the Education and Labor Subcommittee.

Audio recording of Rebecca Nahwooksy, Choctaw elder, in which she tells the story of being a child and seeing a ghost. Told in the traditional Choctaw language.

Transcription of an audio recording of Rebecca Nahwooksy, Choctaw elder, in which she tells the story of being a child and seeing a ghost. Told in the traditional Choctaw language. English and Choctaw transcription and translation components prepared by Eveline Steele, Choctaw elder and language consultant.

Owatta, by Israel Richard Adams, Choctaw elder: recording of a hunting (owatta) story set in Red Oak, Oklahoma, and told in the traditional Choctaw language. Richard is the son of the late Myrtle and Leo Adams of Red Oak, Oklahoma.

Transcription of Owatta, by Israel Richard Adams, Choctaw elder: recording of a hunting (owatta) story set in Red Oak, Oklahoma, and told in the traditional Choctaw language. Richard is the son of the late Myrtle and Leo Adams of Red Oak, Oklahoma. Transcription and translation components prepared by Eveline Steele, Choctaw language consultant.

This press release from Congressman Carl Albert's office announcing that Congressmen Albert and William Stigler were present on April 29, 1947 when an agreement between the officials of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations and the Department of the Interior for the sale of lands for a total of $8,500,000.