Broken Thread: The Choctaw Spinning Association, 1937-1943

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This article details the process of reinstituting the art of spinning wool among the Choctaw as part of a project led by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to increase the income of Choctaw women through traditional native craft and analyzes the program's unfortunate demise.

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Petty, Christina Winter 2008.

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This article details the process of reinstituting the art of spinning wool among the Choctaw as part of a project led by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to increase the income of Choctaw women through traditional native craft and analyzes the program's unfortunate demise.

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Abstract: Out of the Great Depression of the 1930s came a movement led by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Two dedicated employees of the IACB came to southeastern Oklahoma to carry out an ambitious project to increase the income of Choctaw women through traditional native craft. Christina Petty details the process of reinstituting the art of spinning wool among the Choctaw and analyzes the program's unfortunate demise.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 86(4), Oklahoma Historical Society, 2008, pp. 428-445

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 86
  • Issue: 4
  • Page Start: 428
  • Page End: 445

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Petty, Christina. Broken Thread: The Choctaw Spinning Association, 1937-1943, article, Winter 2008; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2006482/: accessed February 19, 2026), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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