In a message dated 4/6/01 8:40:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, CHAHTA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > This medium is second-best, to be sure, but it's all we have at present. > Many of us have met face-to-face, and I hope those opportunities will > continue to arise in the future. A good gathering place is at Choctaw-Fair > coming up in Mississippi in July. I hope all who can, will attend. > > dusty > > > Dusty, In a sense, I may be a "lost bird" as I was born and raised in California. However, I do belong to the OK Choctaws and was raised with the knowledge that I was part of that nation. My mother was born in Caddo, OK and I grew up with her telling me this fact often. I don't look indian and don't have much blood quantum, but I have felt closer to the OK Choctaw than the Scots or Irish or anything else. I have always been proud of my Indian heritage, even before it was cool. Mary

does anyone know of a good choctaw chat room ----- Original Message ----- From: <Amarya@aol.com> To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:28 AM Subject: [CHAHTA] Re: CHAHTA-D Digest V01 #195 > In a message dated 4/6/01 8:40:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > CHAHTA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > This medium is second-best, to be sure, but it's all we have at present. > > Many of us have met face-to-face, and I hope those opportunities will > > continue to arise in the future. A good gathering place is at Choctaw-Fair > > coming up in Mississippi in July. I hope all who can, will attend. > > > > dusty > > > > > > > > Dusty, > In a sense, I may be a "lost bird" as I was born and raised in > California. However, I do belong to the OK Choctaws and was raised with the > knowledge that I was part of that nation. My mother was born in Caddo, OK > and I grew up with her telling me this fact often. I don't look indian and > don't have much blood quantum, but I have felt closer to the OK Choctaw than > the Scots or Irish or anything else. I have always been proud of my Indian > heritage, even before it was cool. Mary > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > Need more CHOCTAW information. Visit Rusty Lang's pages at http://www.choctaw-web.com for articles, censuses, etc. >

HA!! This is it!! We tried a chat room once and it failed. People are on such different schedules, no one has a set time to sit down and chat. dusty ----- Original Message ----- From: Patsy Caleb <studentarchaeologist@home.com> To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Re: CHAHTA-D Digest V01 #195 > does anyone know of a good choctaw chat room > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Amarya@aol.com> > To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:28 AM > Subject: [CHAHTA] Re: CHAHTA-D Digest V01 #195 > > > > In a message dated 4/6/01 8:40:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > > CHAHTA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > > > > This medium is second-best, to be sure, but it's all we have at present. > > > Many of us have met face-to-face, and I hope those opportunities will > > > continue to arise in the future. A good gathering place is at > Choctaw-Fair > > > coming up in Mississippi in July. I hope all who can, will attend. > > > > > > dusty > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dusty, > > In a sense, I may be a "lost bird" as I was born and raised in > > California. However, I do belong to the OK Choctaws and was raised with > the > > knowledge that I was part of that nation. My mother was born in Caddo, OK > > and I grew up with her telling me this fact often. I don't look indian > and > > don't have much blood quantum, but I have felt closer to the OK Choctaw > than > > the Scots or Irish or anything else. I have always been proud of my > Indian > > heritage, even before it was cool. Mary > > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > Need more CHOCTAW information. Visit Rusty Lang's pages at > http://www.choctaw-web.com for articles, censuses, etc. > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L genealogy mail list: > Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "subscribe" without the quotes > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... >

After thinking about it I am reminded that Ruthie King once had a Choctaw chat room. Her old address was rimes@hotmail.com. Don't know if that's still a good address. dusty ----- Original Message ----- From: Dusty <dustyc@microgear.net> To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Re: CHAHTA-D Digest V01 #195 > HA!! This is it!! We tried a chat room once and it failed. People are on > such different schedules, no one has a set time to sit down and chat.

You know, Mary, you said "before it was cool". Well, I was the same way. I decided that I was going to decorate my house with "Indian" artwork, etc. Well, I was a little luckier than most because I have a cousin who owns an art gallery and was able to obtain prints and such for me, but they cost quite a bit and I was limited with money. Then I visited Tahlequah and obtained a few items. But, when I decided this, NO ONE ELSE (except a few Indians) were doing this. Then, a few years later, BAM! I could find anything I wanted! Now, I'm still decorating that way, but others have moved on to something else. I think continuity says something for us. I have for as long as I can remember "felt" Indian. As a child, I used to cry during movies where the Indians were made fun of or were taken advantage of. I don't think this makes me better than anyone else or lesser than anyone else. But, it does make me feel "special" because I feel as though I really belong and that feeling comes from my heart and soul. I, too, get angry when people say that if you don't have a card, or you can't prove your blood, but I have to remember what my heart and soul tells me and, that is that I AM. I AM Cherokee and I AM Choctaw! As has been said in previous messages, I think that my knowing from deep within that I AM Indian is what has gotten me through some really tough times and either kept me on the right road, or quickly brought me back to the right road. OK, I know, here I go again! Thanks for listening ya'll! And thanks brothers and sisters for being here! Tsana ----- Original Message ----- From: <Amarya@aol.com> To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 12:28 PM Subject: [CHAHTA] Re: CHAHTA-D Digest V01 #195 > In a message dated 4/6/01 8:40:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > CHAHTA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > This medium is second-best, to be sure, but it's all we have at present. > > Many of us have met face-to-face, and I hope those opportunities will > > continue to arise in the future. A good gathering place is at Choctaw-Fair > > coming up in Mississippi in July. I hope all who can, will attend. > > > > dusty > > > > > > > > Dusty, > In a sense, I may be a "lost bird" as I was born and raised in > California. However, I do belong to the OK Choctaws and was raised with the > knowledge that I was part of that nation. My mother was born in Caddo, OK > and I grew up with her telling me this fact often. I don't look indian and > don't have much blood quantum, but I have felt closer to the OK Choctaw than > the Scots or Irish or anything else. I have always been proud of my Indian > heritage, even before it was cool. Mary > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > Need more CHOCTAW information. Visit Rusty Lang's pages at http://www.choctaw-web.com for articles, censuses, etc. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com