Chin Chukma! (hello in Chickasaw). I just wanted to say hello to other Estelusti (Black Indians). My family are the Browns from Chickasha and Springs Oklahoma. My gg grandparents were Butler (fullblood) and Adiline (African) Brown. They were sharcroppers and are listed on the 1900 I.T. Oklahoma Census. My grandmother their grandaughter was born in the Creek Nation by Indian midwife therefore Grandma doesn't have a birth certificate. Does anyone know anything about Indian midwifery? I was told that each midwife had to register her births at the local hospital or registrar. For a bibliography on African Native American resources please check out my webpage:
http://hometown.aol.com/homalosa/myhomepage/index.html

[posted 13 Jun 1999]