Kindred Spirits - The Choctaw-Irish Bond Lives On [View all]

[Donkees]

Published on Mar 17, 2016
The story begins in 1831, when the Choctaw people were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands in Mississippi.

A few years later, Choctaws learned of people starving in Ireland. Only sixteen years had passed since the Choctaws had faced hunger and death on the first Trail of Tears and a great empathy was felt when they heard such a similar tale coming from across the ocean.

Individual Choctaws collected and donated $170 in 1847 to assist the Irish people.


Footage and Photos provided by Brian Martin
Credits
Director: Payton G. Guthrie
Producers: Ronni Pierce
Editor: Whitney Lautner
Audio Technician: Joseph Jefferson