Tribal Contacts
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma:
Deanna L. Byrd, MS, RPA
NAGPRA Liaison-Coordinator
1-580-642-8114
Choctaw Nation Historic Preservation Department
Choctaw Cultural Center
PO Box 679
Calera, Oklahoma 74730
The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
Johnna Flynn
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
P.O. Box 14
Jena, Louisiana 71342
(318) 992-1205
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Melanie Carson, MSM Planner
MBCI Planning Office
101 Industrial Rd
Choctaw, MS 39350
Office: 601-663-7606
Cell: 601-416-3276
Chickasaw Nation
Amber Hood
Director of Historic Preservation & Repatriation
P.O. Box 1548 Ada, Oklahoma 74821-1548
580-272-0825
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
RaeLynn Butler,
Historic & Cultural Preservation Manager
918-732-7678
Emman Spain, NAGPRA officer
918-732-7730
LeeAnne Wendt, Tribal Archaeologist
918-732-7852
Turner W. Hunt, Archaeological Technician
918-732-7759
P.O. Box 580, Okmulgee, Oklahoma 74447
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Miranda Panther
NAGPRA Officer
P.O. Box 455, Cherokee, North Carolina 28719
828-359-6850
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
Linda Langley
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
P.O. Box 818, Elton, LA 70532
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
Bryant J. Celestine
Historic Preservation Officer
571 State Park Road 56
Livingston, Texas 77351
936-563-1181
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Lewis Johnson, Chief
Ben Yahola, THPO
36645 US-270
Wewoka, Oklahoma 74884
office: 405-234-5218
