Thought you'd all be interested in reading about a certain portion of an article in this morning Daily Oklahoman re Chief Wilford "Longhair" Taylor's fighting for federal recognition of the Mowa Choctaws: To Wit; "Another powerful weapon in the quest for recognition is a book, "They Say the Wind is Red", by retired teacher and historian Jacqueline Anderson Matte of Mountain Brook". The article goes on to say that "Matte's book, which includes Census records from the 1800s, summarizes the tribe's ancestral history and explains how racially discriminatory policies contributed to the lack of documentary records". If you go back in Choctaw S'East Archives, you'll find many mentions of Jackie's book. The newspaper article was written by Garry Mitchell, an Associated Press Writer. I don't know whether it can be accessed or not, but hope no-one asks me to type the whole thing! Angelyn