Choctaw

The 1904 schools on Microfilm

The 1904 school lists may be found on DC 61 and DC 62. Listed below are the frame numbers on which they may be located. The microfilm rolls give more information than contained herein regarding what subjects were studied by the individual students and on 1904 Schools on Microfilm Alamo 61 1229 Albany 1280 Albion 1267 Ashland 1354 Beach Creek 1170 Bennington #1 009 Bennington #2 1415 Bently 1364 Bethel #1 1256 Bethel #2 1286 Big Hill 1270 Big Lake 1194 Black Jack 1316 Boggy Depot 1340 Boiling Springs 1272 Bokchito #1 1305 Bower 1377 Bokchito #2 1431 Brooken 1199 … Read more

Day Schools Choctaw Nation – T-Z

Talihina Day School, September 1904 Male Choctaw Students Name Age Simon Gibson 15 Andrew Johnson 12 Alon Johnson 10 Leo Thomas 14 Ira Wade 17 Ivan Wade 15 Dennis Wade 11 Delias Wade 8 Female Choctaw Students DeGrace Thomas 9 Helen Thomas 6 Della Wade 6 Male White Students Oscar Battles 12 Roy Battles 8 John Battles 10 Sid Battles 7 John Barber 6 Buck Curnutt 10 Tom Curnutt 17 Carl Curnutt 14 Murl Curnutt 12 Willie Carter 10 Robin Emmert 11 Belton Emmert 6 Willie Eskridge 12 Walter Files 9 Yewal Files 6 Austin Fondren 6 Earnest Grahm 7 … Read more

Day Schools Choctaw Nation – S

Salem Day School, September 1904 Male Choctaw Students Name Age Joseph Leflore 13 Mack Leflore 14 Frank Jones 11 Dannie Blue 7 Wilmon Leflore 9 Bowland Isaacs 7 James Goin 16 Charlie Darden 10 George Jackson 14 Simon Carshal 6 Willie Darden 14 Henry Merriman 16 Leo Merriman 14 Tecumseh Amos 12 Harris Batteest 16 Andrew Batteest 14 Willie Isaacs 18 Johnnie Winlock 10 Female Choctaw Students Rosa Hudson 7 Minerva Leflore 9 Pelina Leflore 8 Millie McCurtain 11 Harriet Lewis 8 Minnie Darden 11 Louise McClure 7 Lela Sexton 12 Irene Sexton 13 Male White Students Roscoe Jones 12 … Read more

Day Schools Choctaw Nation – O-R

Owl Day School, September 1904 Male Choctaw Students Name Age Ben Wolfe 17 Elmer McCarter 13 Emmet McCarter 9 Farris Monds 6 Augustus Znola 9 Wilson Williams 8 William Thomas 9 Female Choctaw Students Fannie Wolfe 11 Mattie Wallas 17 Myrtle Wallas 9 Mindie Monds 8 Annie Znola 8 Hester Znola 6 Betsey Zucker 11 Hannie McClurg 8 Lizie Thomas 12 Minnie Thomas 11 Ethel Thomas 7 Ida Wolfe 6 Male White Students Coke Farley 15 Robert Farley 13 Arthur Farley 10 Henry Farley 8 Howard Boland 10 Jessie Jones 10 Willie Mitchel 12 Verdie Mitchel 8 Andrew F–ntes 7 … Read more

Day Schools Choctaw Nation – K-N

Kennady Day School, September 1904 Male Choctaw Students Name Age Jay McAlvain 14 Davie McAlvain 10 Audie McAlvain 8 James Peters 8 Female Choctaw Students Florence McAlvain 12 Lela Peters 10 Male White Students Guy Shipley 12 Grady Ervin 12 Jessie Ervin 10 Claude Stidham 8 Everette Stidham 7 Andrew Bullard 19 Taylor Bullard 6 Charlie Bullard 13 George Bullard 10 Tom Donathan 19 Jerry Donathan 6 Polk Donathan 6 Henry Heflin 10 Troy Heflin 8 Claude Baldwin 13 Johnny Baldwin 8 German Calloway 10 Sherman Calloway 8 Arthur Hill 12 Hansford Baldwin 6 Elmer Johnson 5 David Evans 14 … Read more

Day Schools Choctaw Nation – G-J

Gaither Day School, September 1904 Male Choctaw Students Name Age Addison Bohreer 19 Alfred Bohreer 14 Julius Barker 14 Jim Lewis 14 Umph Lewis 7 Jake Lewis 12 Jonnie Holt 7 Female Choctaw Students Sula Bohreer 10 Bessie Barker 12 Mary Holt 12 Lorine Lewis 13 Male White Students Joe Flyod Owen 9 Tom Owen 10 Glennie Clark 11 Ransom Gaither 12 Edgar Billy 14 Pete Godfrey 10 Lonnie Smith 14 Jonnie Smith 9 Lee Moore 9 Earl Bell 13 Jimmie Chapman 7 E.L. Clark 6 Drew Thomas 11 Emzie Moon 13 Bossie Moon 9 Claten Kinnikin 18 George Kinnikin … Read more

Day Schools Choctaw Nation – D-F

Dixie Day School, September 1904 Male Indian Students Name Age John Eastes 10 William Massey 7 Edwin Krebbs no age listed Harrison Massey 14 Female Indian Students Minnie Krebbs 12 Tishie Krebbs 9 Jessie Massey 11 Male White Students Fred Browne 11 Earl Crain 12 Frances Cadegan 4 Clarence Goodman 11 Elbert Jemerson 12 Seabron Johnson 11 Elias Johnson 17 James Kilgore 16 Will Hatfield 17 Female White Students Pearl Bowers no age listed Edna Bowers 8 Maud Crowson 8 Bertie Goodman 10 Clara Johnson 9 Jessie Jemerson 7 Lida Jemerson 8 Ethel Maynard 11 Pearl Maynard 8 Rosa Murrin … Read more

Day Schools Choctaw Nation – C

Male Choctaw Students Name Age Sam Billman 15 Leuo Tukolo 8 Bud Billie 13 Male White Students Levi Priuett 13 Roy Ellis 12 Alan Leuty 6 Joseph Smith 5 Early Dandridge 5 Tempa Dandridge 14 Ida Ellis 13 Lola Dandridge 11 Nona Smith 8 Teacher: W.E. Osterhold, Featherston, Ind. Ter. Amount Paid Teacher: $40.00 No Local Trustee Signature Calvin Day School, September 1904 Male Choctaw Ind. Students Name Age Ottie Louis 7 Willis Folsom 7 Female Choctaw Ind. Students Anthie Louis 10 Pearl James 6 Mattie James 8 Nannie James 10 Irene Folsom 9 Male American White Students Herbert Bennett … Read more

Day Schools Choctaw Nation – B

Bentley Day School, September 1904 Male Choctaw Students Name Age Mike Jimison 14 Ellis Jimison 13 Male White Students Leroy Howell 15 Raleigh Whillhite 14 Morey Whillhite 12 George Case 10 Elija Darwell 13 Newt Darnell 6 Elbert Darnell 9 Otto Kingston 7 Burley Matney 8 Earl Matney 6 Female White Students Hattie Case 13 Rossie Darnell 15 Eddie Hartly 13 Lillie Howell 11 Bessie Fay 9 Clara Hart 12 Myrtle Hart 10 Rebecca Whillhite 6 Teacher: Grace James, Bentley, I.T. Amount Paid Teacher: $25.33 Local Trustees: J.E. Forkner, I.A. Franklin, H. Washington, Bentley, I.T. Bethel #1 Neighborhood Day School, … Read more

The MOWA Choctaws

Chief Wilford "Longhair" Taylor (Courtesy of MOWA Choctaw Cultural Center)

Extinction by Reclassification: The MOWA Choctaws of South Alabama and Their Struggle for Federal Recognition – In the 1930s, Carl Carmer, a professor at the University of Alabama and author of Stars Fell on Alabama, traveled around Alabama collecting unusual stories. He said that he chose “to write of Alabama not as a state which is part of a nation, but as a strange country in which I once lived.” One of his stories describes his efforts to determine the ancestry of the so-called Cajuns who lived around Citronelle in southwest Alabama. Carmer’s story provoked a flurry of interest in the “Cajans,” when in reality they were not Cajun at all. Instead, they were descendants of the indigenous Choctaw Indians of southwest Alabama. Originally appearing in The Alabama Review, Volume 59, July 2006, pages 163-204.

Choctaws Who Served in 1794

Choctaws who served a campaign under General Anthony Wayne in 1794 Mungoohemeter In Leflore’s district Ishlomakahacho Mushulatubbee’s district Atokoli Mushulatubbee’s district Tishlerwelblue Mushulatubbee’s district Achuckmatibi Mushulatubbee’s district Tishumiko Mushulatubbee’s district Hikatibi Mushulatubbee’s district Shikopoomma Mushulatubbee’s district Hepoe Mushulatubbee’s district Pashitunabi Mushulatubbee’s district Pashistubi Mushulatubbee’s district Hollabbee Mushulatubbee’s district Shophanchobi Mushulatubbee’s district Yakkaya Mushulatubbee’s district Jishkeatoka Mushulatubbee’s district Lanchebi Mushulatubbee’s district John Locus Mushulatubbee’s district Hanothomma Mushulatubbee’s district Japenahomma Mushulatubbee’s district Locka Mushulatubbee’s district Falasner Mushulatubbee’s district Okloha Mushulatubbee’s district Hikatibi Mushulatubbee’s district Aholhtina Mushulatubbee’s district Total number now living is 24, and only 20 are provided for.

Ha Cubbees Band Muster Roll

Muster roll of a party of immigrant Choctaw Indians of the Ha Cubbees Band who arrived at Fort Coffee, in the Choctaw Nation West, on the 23 of June 1847 No Names of heads of Families Men Women Children Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Ha Cubbee Ah Sha Ta Jimmy Polly Wilson Ish tu ah kan to na Elah nun tubbee Solomon S. Thomas Ok ish te ma Yow ah Bah ne tubbee Ho le ma Ok li oke ? Ah no ha Ho te ki ya Echa pa … Read more

Big Black River Band Muster Roll

Muster roll of a party on immigrant Choctaw Indians, known as the Big Black River Band who arrived at Fort Coffee, in the Choctaw Nation West on the 10th of June 1847. No Names of heads of Family Men Women Children Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Eli W. Crowder Charles Bench Henry C. D. Massy William Jones Ah hook lachr Jackson James McCans wife An to na Pipa la ho ka Chuffa tubbee … Read more

Roster of Officers and Enlisten Men

Bolin Perry, Captain Joel J. Folsom, 1st Lt. Lyman Lucas, 2nd Lt. Wade N. Hampton, 2nd Lt. *Privates unless otherwise listed* Arlabee Lewis Baker Robert Brandy, Corp. Summers Bandy Alfred Cass, Corp. Billy Gbson(Ubson) Winchester Burn Chafathekubbee Joel J. Folsom, 1st Lt. N.M. Folsom Starnes W. Folsom Josiah Field Charles Franklin Wm. Franklin Halatubbee Joel Harkin Wade N. Hampton, 2nd Lt. Havkunnobbee, Sgt. Thompson Leflore, Sgt. Wilson Headly Henry Harris Joel Harris Ihtonubbee George Iklannaotta, Corp. John Jam George James William Joel, Sgt. Willis John David Johnson Gimson Jonas, Sgt. Willie Jonas Kanalichubbee Kanimabee Robison Kington John Leflore David Lockly … Read more

Treaty of October 18, 1820

A treaty of friendship, limits, and accommodation, between the United States of America and the Choctaw nation of Indians, begun and concluded at the Treaty Ground, in said nation, near Doak’s Stand, on the Natchez Road. Whereas it is an important object with the President of the United States, to promote the civilization of the Choctaw Indians, by the establishment of schools amongst them; and to perpetuate them as a nation, by exchanging, for a small part of their land here, a country beyond the Mississippi River, where all, who live by hunting and will not work, may be collected … Read more