Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the Choctaw Nation

Here is a wonderful story of how the impoverished Choctaw Nation took up an offering and sent $170 to Ireland during the Great Potato Famine of 1847.  This monument to that act of charity stands in Ireland today.

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About Stephen Carr Hampton

Stephen Carr Hampton is an enrolled citizen of Cherokee Nation, an avid birder since age 7, and a former resource economist for the California Department of Fish & Game, where he worked as a tribal liaison and conducted natural resource damage assessments and oversaw environmental restoration projects after oil spills. He writes most often about Native history and contemporary issues, birds, and climate change.
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2 Responses to Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the Choctaw Nation

  1. John Joseph's avatar John Joseph says:

    Wonderful story=page 404 error

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