The Poor Red Man and the Great Father: Choctaw Rhetoric, 1540-1860

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Article examines the rhetoric of written speeches by Choctaw leaders addressing Euro-American government officials in a post-contact era to determine the nature of the language used. Stephen P. Van Hoak argues that rather than indicating dependency, the Choctaws used self-abasing and respectful language to promote diplomacy and at times protest mistreatment.

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Van Hoak, Stephen P. Autumn 2003.

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Article examines the rhetoric of written speeches by Choctaw leaders addressing Euro-American government officials in a post-contact era to determine the nature of the language used. Stephen P. Van Hoak argues that rather than indicating dependency, the Choctaws used self-abasing and respectful language to promote diplomacy and at times protest mistreatment.

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Abstract: Some historians have asserted that, in the years after contact, Choctaws became increasingly dependent upon Euro-Americans. Stephen Van Hoak closely examines the speeches of Choctaw leaders in the post-contact era to show that the Choctaws used a diplomatic language that was rhetorical rather than reflective of their actual condition.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 81(3), Oklahoma Historical Society, 2003, pp. 298-315

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 81
  • Issue: 3
  • Page Start: 298
  • Page End: 315

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Van Hoak, Stephen P. The Poor Red Man and the Great Father: Choctaw Rhetoric, 1540-1860, article, Autumn 2003; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2016895/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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