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Former Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation, 1864-1866 / Unknown

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Explanation for the secondary title listing Pitchlynn as "Governor": Between 1857-1860 there were competing constitutions and one of them used the term 'governor' which is perhaps why the term was used. But by the time that Pitchlynn was chief, the 1860 Constitution used the term 'principal chief'.
Megan Baker (Choctaw Nation), Research Assistant in the Historic Preservation Department at Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, 2021 

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Title(s): 
Former Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation, 1864-1866; Col. Peter Pitchlynn, Ex-Governor of the Choctaw Nation
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Choctaw
Date: 
1850 - 1900
Classification: 
Photographs
Object Type: 
Black and White Photographic Print
Accession No: 
4326.3224
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection
Stamped, "Col. Peter Pitchlynn, Ex Govenor Choctaw Indians, Ind. Ter." on verso.
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