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Choctaw Indian musical cultures in the twentieth century
The Choctaw are a large Muskhogean tribe of the Southeastern United States. In the nineteenth century, the tribe became geographically separated; the musical culture of each group subsequently changed in different ways. Ethnomusicological fieldwork was undertaken among Choctaw communities in …
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Relationships and Reciprocity: a Collaborative Approach to Ethnoarchaeology of the Choctaw (Chahta) Homeland
The Choctaw Ancestral Homeland is an understudied research area in archaeology with even less work done in collaboration with Indigenous descendant communities (both resident and removed). This project was in collaboration with descendant Choctaw communities to produce a body of research useful to …
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The Impact of Cultural Assumptions about Technology on Choctaw Heritage Preservation and Sharing
… patterns within a Native American tribe--the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. A mixed-method design, rather than traditional ethnography, is used to explore evidence of Kaarst-Brown's five cultural patterns and their dimensions within the Choctaw Nation. By extending this theoretical lens and …
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Tick abundance and microorganism diversity in the 11 counties comprising the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
… encompasses the 11 counties that are within the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. This region has historically exhibited some of the highest reported rates of Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis and Ehrlichiosis within humans in the United States. However, the lack of localized surveys of tick vectors in the …
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Educational Achievement, Engagement, and Persistence in Choctaw Nation: A Study of the Success Through Academic Recognition Program
<p>The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has developed a unique initiative to support academic achievement within their tribal territory. The Success Through Academic Recognition (STAR) program is an example of an Indigenously-developed approach to supporting students from grades 2-12, with the hope of …
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The Creation Of Choctaw Central High School And Its Transition To A Bureau Of Indian Affairs Contract School: An Oral History
<p>The members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians are the invisible heroes of Mississippi. Because of the limited attention placed on the Tribe in Mississippi high school social studies curriculum, and no course of study in any post-secondary institutions in the State, citizens who do not …
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Structural geometry of the frontal Ouachitas-Arkoma basin transition zone in Western Arkansas
The Choctaw Fault and Ross Creek Fault are the leading-edge thrusts of the Ouachita fold-thrust belt and form the southern boundary of the Arkoma foreland basin in Oklahoma and Arkansas, respectively. Strain partitioning between the fold-thrust belt and the foreland basin is accommodated by the …
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Talking Back To History: Leanne Howe, Linda Hogan, And Louis Owens's Rewriting Of The Southeastern Native Past Through Fiction
… authors and novelists such as LeAnne Howe (Choctaw), Louis Owens (Choctaw), and Linda Hogan (Chickasaw). Through their writings, one is able to more fully understand the history of Southeastern Native American tribes as they are given insight into what was and is most valued by Native …
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Geology as a Georegional Influence on Quercus Fagaceae Distribution in Denton and Coke Counties of Central and North Central Texas and Choctaw County of Southeastern Oklahoma, Using GIS as an Analytical Tool.
… maps for Denton and Coke Counties, Texas and Choctaw County, Oklahoma. Attribute tables generated in GIS were exported into a spreadsheet software program and frequency tables were created for every formation and soil order in the tri-county research area. The results were both a visual and …
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Cherokee Abstract Artist Leon Polk Smith: A Convergence of Traditions
… political events of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations it is revealed how Polk Smith developed a formal language that could navigate both worlds and be viewed through a pure abstraction lens or a lens embodying his Indigenous traditions. In addition to his Indigenous philosophies, …
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Exploring indigenous entanglements in extension, land, and agriculture: an Oklahoma case study
… of four Oklahoma-based Native nations: the Choctaw Nation, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Osage Nation, and Quapaw Nation. Additionally, the study looks at educational opportunities created by the College of the Muscogee Nation. This study seeks to understand the histories of these five settings …
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Out Of This World: Hearing Indigenous And Immigrant Music In The American South
… continued neglect of the fiddle tradition of the Choctaw Indians, an ongoing musical custom which this southeastern cultural group has maintained for at least two centuries, serves as a valuable reminder of the loss that occurs when traditions are overlooked because they fail to meet predetermined …
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BON APPЀTIT: FAUNAL SUBSISTENCE AT FORT TOMBECBE (1SU7)
… on trade with their Indigenous neighbors, the Choctaw, due to perennially late shipments.</p> <p>My thesis analyzes, compares, and contrasts the French and British faunal subsistence strategies employed by those stationed at the fort as observed from the Bakery and soldiers’ Barracks contexts. …
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Horses, Culture, and Trade: The Impact of the Horse on Southeastern Native Nations, 1650-1830
… on a few of the larger groups, particularly the Choctaw, from the mid-eighteenth to the nineteenth century. This thesis intends to increase the scope to analyze the entire Southeastern region, as well as multiple Native nations in the area. The thesis argues that Southeastern Natives slowly …
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Bridging cultures: American Indian students at the Northfield Mount Hermon School
… the fall of 1880 the Seminary welcomed sixteen Choctaw, Cherokee, and Creek students, and, in 1881, the newly opened Mount Hermon Boys' School accepted four Native American young men. Thus began an educational relationship with Indian Country that has survived for 130 years.</p><p>This study …
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Their Culture Against Them: The Assimilation of Native American Children Through Progressive Education, 1930-1960s
… whiteness in Navajo, Sioux, and Mississippi Choctaw communities, under the false pretenses of uplifting and celebrating Native traditions. This thesis extends the discussion of Native American assimilation and education in the mid-twentieth century through a thorough investigation of …
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Experiencing Higher Education in Louisiana through a Native American Lens
… female. Three tribal groups were represented: Choctaw-Apache, Coushatta and the United Houma Nation. Responses have been analyzed using the cultural model presented by Guiffrida (2006) and support the need for a cultural perspective, with the addition of the tribe as an influence. Students were …
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Detecting colonialism: Detective fiction in Native American and Sardinian literatures
… Bone Game (1994), and Nightland (1996) by Choctaw-Cherokee-Irish writer Louis Owens. In both literatures the use of detective fiction embodies the authors' commentary regarding the discourse on colonization. Recurrent thematic features are the concern with history, notably the history of …
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Confederate Borderland, Indian Homeland: Slavery, Sovereignty, and Suffering in Indian Territory
… within the Five Tribes---Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole---led to the one the most violent and relatively unknown chapters of the Civil War. Particular attention is paid to the first two years of the war, highlighting why the Five Tribes allied with Confederacy, and why those …
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GEOGRAPHIC DATA MINING AND GEOVISUALIZATION FOR UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH DATA
… Charles, St James, and Calcasieu in Louisiana; Choctaw, Sumter, and Tuscaloosa in Alabama. Demographically, these counties have race/ethnic composition of about 75% White, 11.6% Black and 13.4% others. Second, results from this study indicated that there is an upward trend in the prevalence of …
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