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Subjects: ADAI NATION | BLOOD QUANTUM LAWS | CADDO CONFEDERACY | CADDO PARISH | CARDOVA REBELLION | COWBOYS | DAVIS, RUFUS (ADAI NATION CHIE | GUMBO | HERBAL MEDICINES | INDIAN REMOVAL ACT | MAYANS | MEXICANS | NATIVE AMERICANS | RELIGIONS | ROBELINE, LOUISIANA | ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH | SASSAFRAS | TEXAS

Description

Oral history with tribal historian and Chief of the Adai Tribe, Rufus Davis. Conducted on July 26, 2010. In this interview, Chief Davis discusses the history of the Adai tribe, the Adai traditions, farming and hunting habits, and the trouble of gaining federal recognition from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.