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Title: EARLY EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE OKLAHOMA CHOCTAW LANGUAGE COMMUNITY.(internet course in language of the Choctaw Nation)
Author: Marcia Haag
Publication: Language, Learning & Technology (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2002
Publisher: University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Center
Volume: 6Issue: 2Page: 70

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The road from dispossessed people to successful nation was a long one, but for the Choctaws it has been worth the journey. This book examines how one tribe moved beyond setbacks to establish a powerful modern tribal government.

The Choctaws in Oklahoma begins with the Choctaws' removal from Mississippi to Indian Territory in the 1830s and then traces the history of the tribe's subsequent efforts to retain and expand its rights and to reassert tribal sovereignty in the late twentieth century. As Kidwell explains, Choctaws adapted to the very structures imposed on them by their colonizers: courts and laws. Tribal politicians quickly learned to use the rhetoric of dependency on the government, but they also demanded justice in the form of fulfillment of their treaty rights, and the Choctaw Nation confronted the government as a legal adversary to achieve its own ends. The Choctaws have adroitly negotiated with the United States and created the Choctaw Nation that exists today.

The Choctaws' story illuminates a key point in contemporary scholarship on the history of American Indians: that they were not passive victims of colonization and did not assimilate quietly into American society. The Choctaws in Oklahoma illustrates one tribe's remarkable success in asserting its sovereignty and establishing a national identity in the face of seemingly insurmountable legal obstacles. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Excellently sourced history, if a little thin at the end
This is a solid, well-sourced book for anyone interested in Indian and specifically Choctaw history, including law and Federal policies.Dr. Kidwell, always a superb writer, has a firm grasp of her sources (including an 1855 book by Peter Pitchlynn that I really HAVE to get over to the Library of Congress to see), and includes a chapter of her own family history to add a good personal touch.At no point in this work did I ever have a question about where an assertion was based in the extant record.

I do disagree slightly with Dr. Kidwell's take on two events (one being the excitement following the 1902 election), based on documents she does not appear to have touched (at NARA DC).This is always the fun part of being a researcher/scholar-- finding new sources to further lift the veil of time.

The two final chapters have the feel of an author rushed to deadline.I have no idea if this was the case, but I was really hoping for more in-depth examination of the circumstances related to the re-emergence of public Choctaw tribal political activity.

Seeing Dr. Robert K. Thomas (may his memory be for a blessing) mentioned and cited is wonderful."Uncle Bob," as he was known by his students, is still missed for his unvarnished opinions and concern for the development of both Indian scholars and scholars of Indian Studies.

An excellent work.

Attempts to draw the lines connecting the past of this Native American tribe from their wrongful displacement
A people displaced, a people whose history has been hard to track. "The Choctaws in Oklahoma: From Tribe to Nation, 1855-1970" attempts to draw the lines connecting the past of this Native American tribe from their wrongful displacement back in the mid nineteenth century to over one hundred years later. A story of how a tribe tries to stay true to its heritage when everything around them tries to change them, "The Choctaws in Oklahoma" is both saddening and intriguing about the cruelty and resolve of human nature.
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Including the early History of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory the Presbytery of Kiamichi, Synod of Canadian, and the Bible in the Free Schools of the American Colonies, but suppressed in France, previous to the American and French Revolutions
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For a long time great need has been felt for a book which would give, in,,a single volume, a collection of some of the more important materials required in the study of Oklahoma history. Abundant as such materials are, they are so widely scattered through government documents, periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts, and rare out-of-print books as to make the task of collecting an adequate library for the study of the history of this state a well-nigh hopeless one for the average high school or small college. It is hoped that this volume will in a great measure supply this need by providing most if not all of the material needed for outside reading in a high school course, or even in an elementary college course in Oklahoma history. To all those who have aided in its preparation we wish to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation. Thanks-are especially due to Mrs. Rosalie Gilkey Dale for typing most of the manuscript, for assistance rendered in choosing selections, and in reading proof of the entire book. ... Read more