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How an 1847 Choctaw donation to Ireland now funds students through @UCC scholarship
Historic act of generosity during the Great Famine continues to shape cultural ties and educational opportunities nearly two centuries later
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41813261.html
#Choctaw #GreatFamine #mastodaoine #UCC #Cork #solidarity #generosity
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This is absolutely fascinating, and deeply moving: donations from First Nations to Ireland during the Great Famine extended well beyond those well-known acts of generosity from the Choctaw and Cherokee Nations - from many Nations across both the so-called US & Canada.
"Indigenous Canadian famine aid was 'hidden in plain sight'"
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0317/1502457-canada-ireland-famine/
h/t @faduda
#Mohawk #Haudenosaunee #Chippewa #Delaware #Wyandotte #Mississauga #Ojibwa #Choctaw #Cherokee #Ireland #AnGortaMór #StPatricksDay