Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Staff members from the Choctaw Museum and the Choctaw Video Program will work together to produce a fifteen minute documentary video about traditional Choctaw basket making.  Funds will be used to research existing archival material, such as still photographs, audiotapes, and video interviews.  These sources of historical documentation will be mixed with input from contemporary Choctaw basket makers to create a video that is both historically and culturally relevant.  The primary purpose of this video will be to provide supplemental information for an existing photograph and text exhibit at the museum.  However, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will also make this video available upon request to individuals and groups unable to visit the museum.