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  2. Native American and Irish interactions - Wikipedia

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    In 1990: Choctaw leaders visited County Mayo in Ireland, and participate in the first "Famine Walk". This is a reenactment of the walk in 1848 made by starving Irish to their landlords. [7] In 1992: 22 Irish leaders visited the Choctaw Nation to participate in the annual Trail of Tears memorial walk. [7]

  3. History of the Choctaw - Wikipedia

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    On 12 March 2018 the Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced a new scholarship program to allow Choctaw students to travel to and study in Ireland. [80] In the spring of 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic , an Irish charity drive raised more than $1.8 million to support the struggling Navajo and Hopi Nations as repayment for the Choctaws ...

  4. Choctaw - Wikipedia

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    The Choctaw (Choctaw: Chahta ... recounted a story of their early history regarding a journey to seek a new homeland. ... In Ireland, the generosity of the Choctaw ...

  5. Kindred Spirits (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    Kindred Spirits is a large stainless steel outdoor sculpture in Bailick Park in Midleton, County Cork, Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Created by artist Alex Pentek, Kindred Spirits commemorates the 1847 donation by the Native American Choctaw people to Irish famine relief during the Great Hunger , despite the Choctaw themselves living in hardship and ...

  6. James Adair (historian) - Wikipedia

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    James Adair (c. 1709 – 1783) was a native of County Antrim, Ireland, who went to North America and became a trader with the Native Americans of the Southeastern Woodlands. Life [ edit ]

  7. Green McCurtain - Wikipedia

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    McCurtain's paternal ancestry was of Irish origin. His Irish immigrant ancestor was Cornelius McCurtain, nephew of Cornelius Curtain, from County Cork, who settled in Spanish Florida in the 18th century with a land grant from the Spanish crown. [3] He became a trader and married into the Choctaw tribe. [4]

  8. KY’s Choctaw Academy is a marker of Native American history ...

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    The Choctaw Academy dormitory building in Scott County, Ky., stands Thursday, February 1, 2024. Established in 1825, the academy was the first federally controlled residential/boarding school for ...

  9. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Choctaw Nation Tribal Services Center in Hugo, Oklahoma. The Choctaw Nation is the first indigenous tribe in the United States to build its own hospital with its own funding. [41] The Choctaw Nation Health Care Center, located in Talihina, is a 145,000-square-foot (13,500 m 2) health facility with 37 hospital beds for inpatient care and 52 exam ...