I'm curious as to whether or not intermarriage has ever been discouraged by any tribes--whether it be between tribes or with "intruders?" Is it now, to anyone's knowledge? Obviously, in some families, it would be frowned upon, but I mean as a more tribal wide no-no. Trisha

From "Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory", Vol. I, Choctaws and Chickasaws By H. F. O'Beirne published 1891. : page 17 "The Choctaws" During the presidency of Jackson we find the Choctaws occupying a considerable tract of country in Mississippi and living under the government of a king who usually inherited the royal office. Prior to the revolutionary war several kings were appointed the British, and still further back the french were instrumental in choosing the crowned head. Next in order came the chiefs, each "iksa" or clan, having one principal and subordinate chiefs. The captains and warriors were ranked next, being dominant over the tillers of the soil, etc., etc. The principal "iksas" or clans were the Hyah-pah-tuk-kalo (twin lakes), Okalla-fal-lah-ya (long people), Okalla-hun-nah-lay (six towns) Chickasaw-hay (Chickasaws), Koon-chas, and the Imok-lu-sha. These clans lived apart from each other and never married outside their own "iksa," it being a very serious breach of the law and punishable until 1836, when the act was happily repealed." Nalora