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Fallacy statement in the article[edit]

"The Confederacy had promised the Choctaw and other tribes of Indian Territory a Native American state if it won the war." Oh, really? An unattributed assertion. In WHAT document was that "promise" allegedly made? Executed by WHOM? Did the entire Confederate Congress vote on it? Don't think so. The allegation is a fallacy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starhistory22 (talk • contribs) 05:13, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Susan Brashears was not seeking membership in the Choctaw Nation. She was already a member of the tribe by marriage.[edit]

Susan's petition was for her children, Francis, Mosley, Michael and Elizabeth and not herself. She never claimed to be Choctaw by blood and did not seek membership based on that as the current article describes (read the original petition). Besides, Susan was already a member of the tribe via her marriage to George Brashears. Considering that Susan's children were Choctaw by blood (their father Oliver Boss McCoy was half Choctaw and a member of the tribe) she was right in her petition and it should have been granted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.241.60.253 (talk) 22:57, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unclear references and inaccurate name used in Slavery section[edit]

In the Slavery section, the following two sentences seem to be implying their references are to the same two people, but a similar name, apparently both referring to the slave owner, is spelled differently ("Harkins" vs "Hardins") in each sentence, and only the second sentence uses a (last?) name ("Prince") for the slave but without identifying him as the slave: "Records from the period also describe instances of resistance among the enslaved; in one account, a slave was angered that his Choctaw owner, Richard Harkins, failed to allow his slaves to celebrate Christmas in 1858. Prince murdered Hardins and dumped his body in a nearby river." Mrmarkthompson (talk) 03:20, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]