Given the context, I can tell you what to look for.... "Passing your board tests" is something you have to do to be any one of several kinds of professional....including a doctor. The tests are given by the medical board of the local (state) governing agency; the implication here is that the Nation had a medical board governing its territory, and was the administering body for his medical examinations for his license. (That should tell Vashti where to look for it, anyhow!<VBG>) megan Peggy Atwood wrote: > > I have noticed since I subscribed to this that there are alot of people who > know about Indian History. > I work for the Chickasaw Nation, but no one can answer the following > question for me...I thought maybe someone here could. > > My ggrandfather, Wesley Nicholas Dean, M.D., practiced medicine in the > Chickasaw Nation from 1892 to 1908. In his obituary from the Texas State > Medical Journal it states that he passed the Chickasaw Indian Board in > 1893. What was the Chickasaw Indian Board? > > I enjoy this page very much. Thanks to Nalora and all of the others that > seem to care that we find our family and put so much time into helping. > > Also, I live in Pontotoc County and would happy to help here if someone > needs it. > Peggy Dean-Atwood -- pigolit@ix.netcom.com * cochonnet@aol.com genealogy--http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~piglet quilting--http://pw1.netcom.com/~pigolit/index.htm ICQ: 18429839