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Location: Mississippi and Alabama
Surnames/tags: Native_American Choctaw
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Welcome to the Choctaw Team
This team is for those members of the Native Americans Project who are researching and working on profiles of Choctaw individuals or who have an historic interest in the Choctaw People Nation. The scope of the team is pre-contact to present day.
Team Members
Team Goals
Any improvements you can make to the profiles of Choctaw people are welcome, but here are some specific goals we're working towards:
- For each person:
- All duplicates merged into the final lowest profile ID number. (Remember: in the era before the Choctaw adopted surnames, we use the "Last Name at Birth" field to record their tribe or nation-- i.e., Choctaw.)
- Sticker (or template if project protected) included on the page
- All relevant categories are added
- At least one documented source (Choctaw roll or census, historical document) is listed
- Parents are correct and documented
- Biography is cleaned up, free of any GEDCOM junk, Ancestry trees, etc., and ideally has an originally-written written biography.
- If person is on the Dawes Roll that information is included as:
- Dawes Enrollee
- Choctaw (category, e.g. By Blood, Freedman, etc.)
- Dawes Card Number (number)
Project Sticker
The Native Americans Sticker should be used for profiles of members of the Choctaw tribe who do not require Native American Project Protection. The sticker should be entered below the == Biography== line.
Sample usage:
{{Native American Sticker |tribe=Choctaw}}
Result:
Categories
- [[Category:Choctaw]]
- others?
Team Links
Research Resources
- Choctaw Research Resources the main project resources page
- Dawes Final Rolls page listing research links for finding enrolled members of the Five Civilized Tribes. See also:
- Dawes Act page on WikiTree
- Dawes Census Card page on WikiTree
Notable Profiles
- Note: Entries Appear Alphabetically
- Van Barfoot (1919-2012) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
- Choctaw Chiefs index listing page on WikiTree with WikiTree ID links where available.
- Czarina Madelaine (Colbert) Conlan (1871-1958) An American Indian historian, and the first woman to represent the Choctaw Nation in Washington D.C.
- Rosella Hightower (1920–2008) was an American ballerina who achieved fame in both the United States and Europe.
- Joseph Oklahombi (1895-1960) One of the original 19 Choctaw Code Talkers, recognized as Oklahoma's greatest war hero of World War I.
- William Grady Stigler (1891-1952) U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1943-1952
- Wilma Victor (1919-1987) In 1971, Victor was appointed special assistant to Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton. At the time, she was the highest ranking Native American woman in U.S. Federal Government. She advised the secretary on Indian affairs.
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- Private Messages: Send a private message to the Profile Manager. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)
For more information on joining the team: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Native_Americans#How_to_Join
If you have not already, build out the family tree for your husband as you would any other research. There should be several available records from the 1830's forward to help identify those Choctaw ancestors. If you have a specific profile or family group you need assistance with, please don't hesitate to ask questions in the G2G area and tag both Native American and Choctaw.
Best for your searching, I look forward to seeing you around.
RP - Choctaw Team/Native Americans project member
I agree with Jillaine that your work here is excellent! I explained to her that I took over project leader for many subprojects when we set up the Native Americans Project. I am happy to provide any assistance but feel you deserve recognition as Project Coordinator of this project, if you are willing to take it over.
Thanks for your hard work!
Paula
Thanks you for the kind words! As a Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma tribal member this project is definitely a passion of mine. I would be pleased and honored to be Project Coordinator.
Thank you!
RP
I have added you to the Native Americans project as a member of the Choctaw Subproject. Please let me know if I can assist you in any way.
Paula
Welcome to the project! Let met know if there are questions or areas that I may assist you.
Best,
RP - Member/Choctaw Team
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Choctaw_Nation
I'm thinking that we should do a redirect from there to here as this page is in the correct format. But Ron, would you be willing to check with the people listed on that page ? I've reached out to Paula to see if she's still interested in helping. But I fears that's a really old page.
It's also possible that there may be text and links on that page that you might want to incorporate here? I'll leave that to you to decide.
There was a check-in with the folks listed on the old page back in the spring. James and myself are the only two from the previous list who wished to continue as team members.
Thanks!
Treaty with the Choctaw 1786, includes signers names in both Choctaw Language & English
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=Z2CoiVvfbB8C&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA11