Wright, Allen, 1826-1885
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- A bibliography of the constitutions and laws of the Am. Indians, 1947:p. 47 (Allen Wright or Kiliahote (1826-1885); Presbyterian minister, nat'l treas., nat'l delegate, treaty commissioner, principal chief; Civil War chaplain to Confed. Choctaw troops)
- nuc88-56808: His Chahta leksikon [MI] 1880(hdg. on NN rept.: Wright, Allen, fl. 1873-1880; usage: Allen Wright)
- LC data base, 7/22/88(hdg.: Wright, Allen, fl. 1873-1880)
- A bibliography of the constitutions and laws of the Am. Indians, 1947:p. 47 (Allen Wright or Kiliahote (1826-1885); Presbyterian minister, nat'l treas., nat'l delegate, treaty comissioner, principal chief; Civil War chaplain to Confed. Choctaw troops)
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Allen Wright (Choctaw: Kiliahote) (born November 1826 – December 2, 1885) was Principal Chief of the Choctaw Republic from late 1866 to 1870. He had been ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1852 after graduating from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was very active in the Choctaw government, holding several elected positions. He has been credited with the name Oklahoma (Choctaw word meaning "Home of the Red Man" in English) for the land that would become the state. After serving in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, Wright was elected as Principal Chief, serving from 1866 to 1870. He was among the signatories of the Reconstruction Treaty of 1866 to re-establish peace with the United States. Wright served as superintendent of schools for the Choctaw Nation from 1880 to 1884.
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