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  • Gathering at Choctaw Capitol in 1938
    Iti Fabvssa

    The Labor Day Festival and the Annual Iksa Meeting, Part I

    "When was the first Choctaw Nation Labor Day Festival?" There are multiple stories about when the first Choctaw Labor Day Festival was held.

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  • Coal and asphalt payments
    Iti Fabvssa

    Coal in Choctaw Nation, Part III

    The final installment of the "Coal in Choctaw Nation" series. Choctaw Nation's coal mining operations helped preserve its political sovereignty in the 20th century, despite efforts by the U.S. government to dismantle tribal governance.

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  • An image of a check from 1885 showing a payout of $157.
    Iti Fabvssa

    Coal in Choctaw Nation, Part II

    Part II of the "Coal in Choctaw Nation" series explores the impact of the coal industry on the Choctaw Nation, highlighting both the economic opportunities and the challenges it presented.

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  • A vintage map of the Choctaw Nation with areas highlighted showing coal and asphalt segregation.
    Iti Fabvssa

    Coal in Choctaw Nation, Part I

    While casinos have been one of Choctaw Nation's most successful business endeavors, a lesser-known Choctaw economic project was their venture into the coal mining industry.

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  • Hakha Aiola
    Iti Fabvssa

    Hakha Aiola – Where the Canada Goose Cries

    A look back at what the Hakha Aiola, or Where the Canada Goose Cries, Choctaw village site might have looked like in pre-removal Mississippi.

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  • black and white photograph of the old Talihina Indian Hospital.
    Iti Fabvssa

    The Talihina Indian Hospital (Part II)

    Part 2 of the history and development of the Talihina Indian hospital sheds light on the early medical care of the people in the area.

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  • Black and white photo of the old Carter Hospital peaking through a line of trees. At the top middle of the photo it says, "View of Main Buildings, Carter Hospital, near Talihina, Okla.
    Iti Fabvssa

    The Carter Hospital (Part 1)

    Exploring the history of the tuberculosis epidemic of the early 1900s and the Carter Hospital, built for Choctaw and Chickasaw tuberculosis patients in Talihina, Oklahoma.

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