MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01667nam a22003378a 4500
001 2009011135
003 DLC
005 20090317155918.0
008 090316s2009 msu 001 0aeng
010 $a 2009011135
020 $a9781934193297
020 $a1934193291
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us-ms
050 00 $aE99.C8$bM355 2009
082 00 $a976.004/97387$aB$222
100 1 $aMartin, Phillip,$d1926-
245 10 $aChief :$bthe autobiography of Chief Phillip Martin, longtime tribal leader, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians /$cby Phillip Martin ; with Lynne Jeter and Kendall Blanchard.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aBrandon, Miss. :$bQuail Ridge Press,$cc2009.
263 $a0907
300 $ap. cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aA brief overview of the Choctaw Nation in Mississippi -- Growing up in Mississippi -- Relocating to North Carolina -- World War II hits home -- Courting Miss Bonnie -- From backbench to chief -- Politics 101 -- Overcoming early challenges -- The turning point -- Steps forward, one step back -- The advent of tribal gaming -- Choctaw economic diversification -- Improving Choctaw education -- Lobbying muscle -- The road ahead -- Tribal businesses and enterprises created during the tenure of Chief Phillip Martin.
600 10 $aMartin, Phillip,$d1926-
650 0 $aChoctaw Indians$vBiography.
650 0 $aChoctaw Indians$xKings and rulers$vBiography.
650 0 $aChoctaw Indians$zMississippi$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aChoctaw Indians$zMississippi$xEconomic conditions.
650 0 $aGambling on Indian reservations$zMississippi$xHistory.
651 0 $aMississippi$vBiography.