Nashville Area Indian Health Service 2011 Annual Report

AREA TRIBES, NATIONS AND PARTNERS
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Choctaw, Mississippi
Phyliss Anderson, Tribal Chief
The current Tribal Chief, Phyliss Anderson, is
the first female Tribal Chief in the history of the
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
www.choctaw.org
Mohegan Tribe of Indians of
Connecticut
Uncasville, Connecticut
Marilynn Malerba, Chief
Mohegan Medicine Woman, Dr. Gladys
Tantaquidgeon received honorary doctorates
from the University of Connecticut and Yale.
She lived to be 106.
www.mohegan.nsn.us
Narragansett Indian Tribe
Charlestown, Rhode Island
Matthew Thomas, Chief Sachem
The Narrangansett Tribe once published The
Narragansett Dawn magazine which can now
be found at the Smithsonian.
www.narragansett-tribe.org
Oneida Indian Nation of New York
Oneida, New York
Ray Halbritter, Nation Representative
The modern day sport of lacrosse originates
from a Haudenosaunee game played by the
Oneida Indians (People of the Standing Stone).
Onondaga Nation
Nedrow, New York
Irving Powless, Chief
An Onondaga (Keepers of the Fire) man can
be identified from his headgear or Gustoweh.
If it has one feather pointing upward and one
downward, he is Onondaga.
Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian
Township
Princeton, Maine
Joseph Socobasin, Chief
Passamaquoddy comes from the Tribe’s
native name, Peskotomuhkati, referring to a
traditional way of catching fish using a spear.
www.oneidaindiannation.com
www.onondaganation.org
www.passamaquoddy.com
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