Choctaw Nation

This document contains correspondence regarding the report of Mr. W. A. Ames, Executive Director of the Muskogee Area Arts and Crafts Program for the calendar year of 1972 and budget request for fiscal year 1974.

This document contains a letter and two press releases from Congressman Carl Albert, discussing a bill introduced by Albert to repeal the Choctaw Termination Act of 1959 passing the House of Representatives.

This document contains correspondence from Principal Chief C. David Gardner to Dr. Theodore Marrs, and from Congressman Carl Albert to Gardner regarding the unemployment in southeastern Oklahoma. Included is a copy of a Daily Oklahoma article from June 27, 1976, titled "State Jobless Rate Tops U.S. Average."

The document consists of a series of letters exchanged between Congressman Carl Albert's administrative assistant, Charles L. Ward, Congressman Albert's secretary, Mrs. Iris J. Adams, and Principal Chief C. David Gardner of the Choctaw Nation. The letters express well wishes for Ward's recovery from surgery, regret for missing a visit, and plans to meet in the future.

Correspondence between Congressman Carl Albert and William H. Marshall concerning the settlement between the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Cherokee Nations and the United States over the Arkansas Riverbed. Included is a business card for Attorney Michael S. Yaroschuk.

Correspondence between the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Tommy LeFlore, Congressman Carl Albert, and Charles Ward, Administrative Assistant to Congressman Albert, regarding the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma's unsuccessful funding request for the Indian Action Team program for Fiscal Year 1976.

Recording of a "Hattak Yuskololi," translated a short man meaning 'the little people' for some, or Kwianukasha or Okanukasha story. Spoken in the traditional Choctaw language by Rhoda Anderson, Choctaw elder.

Recording of a "Hattak Yuskololi," translated a short man meaning 'the little people' for some, or Kwianukasha or Okanukasha story, spoken in the traditional Choctaw language. Spoken in the traditional Choctaw language by Rhoda Anderson, Choctaw elder. Transcription of the story and its translation components prepared by Eveline Steele, Choctaw language consultant.

Audio recording of Henry Willis, Choctaw elder, in which he tells the story of the Great Depression or "big hunger." Told in the traditional Choctaw language. English and Choctaw transcription and translation components prepared by Eveline Steele, Choctaw elder and language consultant.

Transcription of an audio recording of Henry Willis, Choctaw elder, in which he tells the story of the Great Depression or "big hunger." Told in the traditional Choctaw language. English and Choctaw transcription and translation components prepared by Eveline Steele, Choctaw elder and language consultant.