They say the wind is red : the Alabama Choctaw : lost in their own land / Jaqueline Anderson Matte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matte, Jacqueline Anderson.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Choctaw Indians--Alabama--History.

Choctaw Indians.

Alabama.

History.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Montgomery, Al. : NewSouth Books, [2002]

Summary:

They Say the Wind Is Red is the moving story of the Choctaw Indians who managed to stay behind when their tribe was relocated in the 1830s. Throughout the 1800s and 1900s, they had to resist the efforts of unscrupulous government agents to steal their land and resources. But they always maintained their Indian communities -- even when government census takers listed them as black or mulatto, if they listed them at all. A moving saga of the Southwest Alabama Choctaw Indians, They Say the Wind Is Red chronicles a history of pride, endurance, and persistence, in the face of the abhorrent conditions imposed upon the Choctaw by the U.S. government.

Contents:

2 Known and Unknowable Ancestors, 1800-1813 23

3 Disaffected Choctaw

The 'Lost Tribe,' 1813-1830 32

4 Refugees

Six Towns Choctaw, 1830-1890 50

5 The Green Wall

Homeland, 1890-1920 69

6 Subsistence

Land Loss, 1890-1920 104

7 Saloons in the Forest

Customs, 1920-1950 111

8 Quest for Recognition, 1887-1997 131

9 Epilogue, 1997-2002 163

Southeastern Indian Genealogy Resources 170

Appendix A 1851 Petition 181

Appendix B 1855 Choctaw Census 183

Appendix C MOWA Homesteads 185

Appendix D MOWA Tribal Leaders 188

Appendix E Elders' Conference 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217) and index.

ISBN:

1588380793

OCLC:

50135126