S1, E10 - You Won’t Find This in the History Books, Solomon Tonihka, Choctaw

Did you know that at one time, “Mexican bandits” road through Oklahoma’s Choctaw country and tried to take down the tribe? The Choctaws banded together and killed their enemies, allowing their bodies to float down the river. I once spoke to my guest, Solomon Tonihka, Choctaw, about this and other stories his family had passed down over time, one ancestor to another, the traditional oral way that Native Americans have preserved their stories and history for centuries. And these are things you just won’t find in the history books. Hear about: • Solomon as a first language (Choctaw) speaker, detailing stories in Mississippi Choctaw dialect • The Steel family homestead – a Sooner family with 40 acres right next to the Tonihka allotments • Choctaw folklore (“folklore” according to some) such as big foot, shape shifters and witches • Could there once have been mermaids in Oklahoma? • Take a ride with me around Solomon and his family’s 160 acres – their original Native land allotments • Stickball of old and the blood that was spilled nearby • The family graveyard on the Tonihka property • Banaha and Indian frybread like you’ve never heard about it before Yakoke and enjoy! Season 1, Episode 10: “You Won’t Find This in the History Books: Solomon Tonihka, Choctaw” https://nativechoctalk.com/podcasts/ https://www.facebook.com/nativechoctalkpodcast