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In 1986, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' high school
library burned to the ground, resulting in the complete loss of a rather
extensive library of SOutheastern and North American Indian material.
The tribe has finally received funding for a new library which will be
completed during the summer of 1993. Included in this building is a
Culture Research Area with an archival vault and space for a nonlending
Native American research library which will be open to all tribal members,
particularly the students.
Unfortunately, very little money was included in the funding for
materials to place in this facility. Therefore, we are requesting donations
of material for the Culture Research Area. Materials sought include both
anthropological and historical literature on the Choctaw, spcifically, and
other southeastern and North American Indians in general, as well as
historical research material on the southeast.
All donations are tax deductible. For more information, please
contact:
Kenneth H. Carleton, Tribal Archaeologist
P.O. Box 6005, Choctaw Branch
Philadelphia, Mississippi 39350
601-656-5351