Annie Ensharky, Chickasaw Minor
The case of Annie Ensharky v. Chickasaw Nation involved an application for her enrollment as a Chickasaw citizen by blood. Testimony established that Annie was the daughter of Sophia Arpealer and C. A. Ensharky (also recorded as Edlow Sharkley). Born around March 1900 in the Chickasaw Nation, Annie was raised by her mother and later by her maternal relatives after Sophia’s death. She never lived with her father. Witnesses confirmed her Chickasaw ancestry through her maternal family. Despite this, her enrollment depended on legal recognition by the Chickasaw Nation and U.S. government authorities.