User talk:156.26.45.20

May 2022
Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to Choctaw. Your edits could be interpreted as vandalism and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Yuchitown (talk) 17:47, 27 May 2022 (UTC)Yuchitown


 * It is not incorrect information. I cited sources, including the House Resolution from the Mississippi State Legislature stating that it granted the Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw official recognition (https://legiscan.com/MS/text/HR50/2016). I also cited a news article about the tribe receiving state-recognition (https://www.wlox.com/story/31917052/state-recognizes-vancleave-live-oak-choctaws/). Why do you keep removing the tribe from the list of state-recognized tribes? 156.26.45.20 (talk) 18:56, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
 * MS HR50 is a congratulatory resolution. It has no teeth. Being named "The Official Native American Tribe Of The Choctaw People Of Jackson County, Mississippi" has no legal bearing. No Mississippi laws create a mechanism for formal state recognition of tribes, and the state has no Indian Affairs office or commission that would be able to create a mechanism for the formal recognition of state tribes. The State of Mississippi website, ms.gov, makes no mention of the Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw organization.


 * Groups commonly cite congratulatory resolutions as evidence of state-recognition, but they are two different things. I see NS HB446 enables the sale of license plates for supporters of the Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw organization (not the same as tribal license plates), but this law also enables plates for supporters of other nonprofits, various high schools, spots teams, etc. Yuchitown (talk) 21:03, 27 May 2022 (UTC)Yuchitown