Nope - not the Jena Band; they have their federal recognition, although it was a long, hard stuggle of more than 100 years. I was speaking of one of the other groups, "The Louisiana Band of Choctaws" headquartered in West Baton Rouge Parish. There are several incorporated bands in Louisiana, some of them have federal recognition and some have only state recognition. dusty ----- Original Message ----- From: <JohnnyMikeCraven@aol.com> To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 1:28 AM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] FOR TAMMY: Jena Band of Choctaws > In a message dated 7/27/2002 10:42:21 AM Central Daylight Time, > dustyc@microgear.net writes: > > > > > > Tammy: > > > > Get in touch with Sharon Brown, 105 Gum St., Jonesboro, La. 71251. She is a > > professional genealogist who did the research to get the Jena Band their > > federal recognition. > > > > dusty > > > > Dusty, > > I thought you said on the list a while back that the Jena band never > got and will likely not get federal recognition because of leadership > problems or something like that? > > John Craven > New Orleans > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Need more CHOCTAW information. Try Judy White's NATIVE AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER at http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native for rolls, newsletters, lookups, articles, etc. >