Choctaw Indians
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
A Caddo Indian dance. Personalities are identified and the back of photo., undated
A. J. Becker Photograph Collection
Black and white original and copy prints of Quanah Parker and Comanche Indians, the Post Oak Cemetery, and a mission in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Also included are baptismal scenes and a meeting place of the Choctaw council.
A picture of a Choctaw man in a business suit., undated
Allen Wright, Choctaw Chief. 1866-1870., 1866-1870
Armstrong Academy for Choctaws, located 4 miles northeast of Bokehite. Burned about 1992. Last superintendent was Peru Farmer. Group posed by building. , 1992
Black and white original prints of Armstrong Academy for Choctaws and of the Choctaw criminal, Johnson Jacob. Dovie Jones Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Charles B. Rhodes Photograph Collection
Black and white copy and original prints of Judge Isaac Parker and federal marshals who operated out of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Also included are photographs of some of the outlaws captured or killed by the marshals. Charles B. Rhodes Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Choctaw ball game, undated
Black and white original and copy prints of numerous Oklahoma towns, including scenes of businesses, health resorts, stone quarries, railroads and dust storms. The collection also contains prints of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Sac and Fox Indians. John Wesley Morris Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Choctaw ball team, 1902, 1902
Black and white original and copy prints of numerous Oklahoma towns, including scenes of businesses, health resorts, stone quarries, railroads and dust storms. The collection also contains prints of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Sac and Fox Indians. John Wesley Morris Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Choctaw Chief, Gilbert W. Dukes, c. 1900-1902., circa 1900-1902
Choctaw council house or capitol at Tuskahoma, Oklahoma., undated
Choctaw council tree near Eagle Town; giant cypress tree, a favorite council place of the Choctaws. (Largest tree in Oklahoma)., undated
Black and white original and copy prints of Quanah Parker and Comanche Indians, the Post Oak Cemetery, and a mission in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Also included are baptismal scenes and a meeting place of the Choctaw council.
Choctaw land allotments by the Dawes Commission, 1899., 1899
Choctaw Light Horsemen, Antlers, Indian territory, 1893. Four mounted, others standing. All are armed., 1893
Choctaw senate in session, 1911. Tuskahoma, Oklahoma., undated
Choctaw Tribal Court, 1894. Held in a tent about 6 miles NE of Bosewell., 1894
Cokeman Cole, Choctaw Chief., undated
Coleman Cole Collection
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Choctaw Chief. Typescripts of correspondence relating to Choctaw participation in the Indian Union proposal developed in the Okmulgee Council; published speeches; Choctaw Tribal Council proceedings; accounts of Choctaw court cases; and other papers pertaining to intruders, tribal citizenship, and royalties from Choctaw coal lands, all during the period of Cole's tenure as Principal Chief, 1874-1878.
Commission of the Chickasaw and Choctaw that sold the old Choctaw Capital at Tushkahoma – May 1928. 1. Wm. Ward 2. A.L. Irvine 3. J.E. Tidwell 4. J.D. Fulton 5. J.F. Tomlin 6. D. Budris 7. J.B. Queen 8. W.H. Angell 9. J.G. Farr. (Oversized Photo), 1928
Black and white original and copy prints of Chickasaw, Cherokee and Choctaw Indians. Included are scenes of the Bloomfield Academy, the Chickasaw Nation capitol building, officials of the Chickasaw tribal government, and Chickasaw governor, Douglas H. Johnson. The collection also contains photographs of Mary Alice Hearrell Murray, Elmer Thomas, William Henry (Alfalfa Bill) Murray and Saladin Watie.
Doris Duke Indian Oral History Collection
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Oral history collection. Typescripts of interviews conducted with hundreds of American Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective tribes. Included are accounts of Indian ceremonies, customs, social conditions, philosophies, and standards of living. Members of every tribe resident in Oklahoma were interviewed.
Ellis Freeny Collection
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Collector. Biographical and genealogical materials (1897-1903) gathered by Ellis Freeny regarding Choctaw chief Peter Perkins Pitchlynn and the Pitchlynn family.
Enrollment of citizens of the Choctaw Nation in 1899., 1899
First Choctaw tribal council at Tuskahoma, I.T. 1905. Personalities are identified: 1. Jacob Jones; 2. R.W. Thomas; 3. Willis Cooper; 4. Comer McKinney; 5. J.P. Thompson; 6. J.W. Consor; 7. C.W. Welsh; 8. Jon Sonescol; 9. Bill Blue; 10. Simon Pulsey; 11. Wm. McKinnty; 12. Peter Wilson; 13. E. Lester (Gov.’s Sec.); 14. C.W. Choate, (Pres. Sen.); 15. Green McCurtain (Prin. Chief); 16. Calvin Rowell; 17. Paul Stephens; 18. Wilson Shoney; 19. Tandy Anderson; 20. George Crowder; 21. Daniel Webster; 22. C.H. Jones; 23. Lee Allison; 24. Edgar H. Moore (Member 1st State Leg.); 25. E. Sanguin; 26. Morris Williams; 27. J.I. Christie; 28. P.W. Hudson; 29. J.I. Hickman; 30. Ellis Jefferson; 31. Simpson Wilson; 32. H.E. Hontubby (Lighthorse); 33. Simpson Colbert (Speaker of the House); 34. Simon Taylor; 35. Ellis Buhannon; 36. J.P. Tims; 37. J.L. Ward; 38. P.T. Everidge; 39. L.H. Perkins; 40. Peter Maytubby Jr.; 41 T.L. Griggs; 42. J.M. Harrison; 43. A.H. Clay; 44. Cut off; 45. S.M. Harkins; 46. Frank Fulsom; 47. Edward White; 48. Don Fulsom; 49. S.W. Maytubby; 50. Jess Fulton; 51. M.H. LeFlore. (Oversize), 1905
Black and white original and copy prints of Comanche, Kiowa, Wichita, Cheyenne, Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians. The collection includes scenes of the Choctaw tribal council house, Muskogee, Indian Territory, and the Goodland Indian School. Jay L. Hargett Manuscript Collection also in repository.
George Hudson, Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation, 1860-1862., 1860-1862
George Nelson, interpreter in Indian service in McAlester. Choctaw. 2 copies, undated
Black and white original prints of George Nelson, a Choctaw Indians who was an interpreter for the United States Indian Service at McAlester, Oklahoma. George Nelson Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Governor Cyrus Harris of the Choctaw., undated
Green McCurtain, Chief of the Choctaw., undated
Green McCurtain Collection
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Indian Chief. Correspondence (1890-1916) to and from McCurtain and his personal secretary, George W. Scott, regarding the Choctaws' claims against the United States, and separate statehood for Indian Territory, including letters from Chiefs of other major Indian tribes in the Territory; maps of railroad rights-of-way and towns in the Choctaw Nation (1876-1908), published by its general council; publications (1896-1913) by various political parties and citizens groups in the Choctaw Nation; publications (1892-1916) of the U.S. government regarding mineral rights of the Choctaw Nation and Indian Territory; and personal journals of McCurtain. Green McCurtain Photograph Collection also in repository.
Group of Indians by brick building. George Nelson is in white suit and black hat. Negative , undated
Black and white original prints of George Nelson, a Choctaw Indians who was an interpreter for the United States Indian Service at McAlester, Oklahoma. George Nelson Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Hampton Tucker Collection
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Lawyer. Legal files, correspondence, coal mining reports (1899-1916), and related papers concerning Tucker's service as mining trustee for the Choctaw Nation (1912-1918), for the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations (1929-1949), and as national attorney for the Choctaw Nation (1924-1929).