David McKellop Hodge

David McKellop Hodge
BornApril 1841
Choska, Indian Territory, U.S.
DiedDec 13, 1920 in Tulsa, Oklahoma (aged 79)
OccupationPolitician

David McKellop Hodge (1841–1920, Creek) was an attorney and interpreter for the Creek Nation, and was politically active. He became an orator and a leader on the Creek Nation Council at Muskogee, the capital.[1]

Born in Choska, Creek Nation, Indian Territory (near present-day Coweta in present-day Wagoner County, Oklahoma). Son of a white man and a Creek woman, he was raised in the matrilineal Creek culture, learning both Creek and English languages. He became involved with Creek Nation politics, and was licensed to practice law in the Creek Nation; he was recorded as "David M. Hodge" on legal documentation.[2] He was buried at Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

  1. ^ "Five Pioneers Charter Members of BA Hall of Fame". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  2. ^ The Yuchi: Children of the Sun, by Carolyn Thomas Foreman, http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v037/v037p480.pdf