Matte, Jacqueline Anderson

Jacqueline Anderson Matte was born in Chatom, Alabama, in 1935. She received her B.S. from Samford University, and attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she earned two Masters Degrees, one in History and the other in Secondary Education. During her career, Matte also received the Teacher-Scholar Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is the author of two books, They Say the Wind is Red and The History of Washington County, Alabama, and is co-author of Seeing Historic Alabama. They Say the Wind is Red, which chronicles the history of the MOWA Choctaw Indians, is based on the oral histories and other research material included in this collection. Matte later used the material when she testified as an expert witness before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, before which the MOWAs were seeking federal recognition as an Indian tribe

From the description of Papers, 1811-2006. (University of South Alabama). WorldCat record id: 213296125