Extinction by Reclassification: The MOWA Choctaws of South Alabama and Their Struggle for Federal Recognition

Extinction by Reclassification:
The MOWA Choctaws of South Alabama and
Their Struggle for Federal Recognition

JACQUELINE ANDERSON MATTE

Originally appearing in The Alabama Review, Volume 59, July 2006, pages 163-204.

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