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12016-08-06T10:50:24-07:00Katherine M. B. Osburnb7c076f1da7a4333084d7d7ea3ffbb4195c3cabe103371The final version of the paper before pictures were inserted.plain2016-08-06T10:50:24-07:00Katherine M. B. Osburnb7c076f1da7a4333084d7d7ea3ffbb4195c3cabe
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12016-08-05T11:15:18-07:00Civil Rights Strategies of the Mississippi Choctaw Tribal Council, 1959-196332Presentation for ACHE 2016plain2017-09-08T16:15:19-07:00This presentation is adapted from my book on the tribal rebirth of the Mississippi Choctaws. Unfortunately, footnotes do not transfer to this format. Please see Chapter Eight: Relocation, Resistance, and Civil Rights for references for the material in this presentation.
Research from the book has been published in journal articles that may be useful in teaching. These articles analyze key moments in the century-long campaign, showing how these Choctaws engaged the white supremacist politicians of Mississippi to pressure the Office of Indian Affairs (later the Bureau of Indian Affairs) to facilitate their resurgence as a tribal nation in Mississippi.
For the role of white supremacists in lobbying for the opening of the Choctaw Agency in the early 20th century see: "Mississippi Choctaws and Racial Politics." Southern Cultures (Winter 2008): 32-54. (The illustrations in this published article make it too large for this platform. This is the final text version that I sent to the journal.)