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  Raised by a single mom who is a teacher, Ciara knows formal education will help her achieve her dreams of becoming a director. While earning her bachelor’s degree at California State [...]

  In the 1880s, two Choctaw sisters packed their bags and moved from Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. They headed for Daughters College in Kentucky on a scholarship from the tribe. “There [...]

  Gerry and Allison Mulvey sit together, carefully reading through applications for the St. Patrick of Ireland scholarship that they established through the Chahta Foundation. As they read, [...]

  Climbing out of the family’s station wagon partway through a long road trip from Texas to California in the 1960s, young Robyn Killingsworth knew they had arrived to visit her maternal [...]

  For her high school graduation, Janie Dillard’s English teacher gifted her a bull to start a herd of cattle. Janie had little idea what her future held then, but Ms. Greenwood at the [...]

Working for a counterparty of Choctaw Global, Jay Davies was introduced to the “heart and grit” of the Choctaw people when he met Justin Wilson of Wright City, Oklahoma. Their business [...]

  “I want to be one of them.” In his formative years, Marcos Terrazas visited with Dr. William Hayes and other health professionals at the Choctaw Nation Rubin White Health Clinic in Poteau, [...]

  Helping colleagues and friends reach for their dreams. That is at the heart of the Ittvnaha (Gather Together) Scholarship, funded by Choctaw Nation employees and awarded to fellow [...]

  Donor scholarships come from the hearts of people who desire to give back, honor the legacy of someone they love, or to invest in the future of the Choctaw people. This year, we witnessed [...]