Archie Sam

Archie Sam
Archie Sam in 1983 at the Grand Village of the Natchez in Natchez, Mississippi
Natchez-Cherokee-Muscogee Creek, enrolled United Keetoowah Band[1] leader
Personal details
Born(1914-06-30)June 30, 1914[2]
Greenleaf Mountain community[2]
DiedMay 23, 1986(1986-05-23) (aged 71)
SpouseMaudie Louise Quinton Sam
Children2
EducationConnors State College, Bacone College[2]
Known forTraditionalist and cultural historian

Archie Sam (June 30, 1914 – May 23, 1986) was a Natchez-Cherokee-Muscogee Creek traditionalist, stomp dance leader, scholar, enrolled member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, and the Sun Chief of the Natchez Nation.

  1. ^ Slagle, Allogan. "Burning Phoenix: A Study of the Federal Acknowledgment, Reorganization and Survival of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, and of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma's Efforts to Terminate the Band." Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians via The Original Keetoowah Society. 1993. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
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