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ECCC names Anderson Leake County native

Phyliss Anderson, chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, will be among alumni honored at East Central Community College. The ECCC Alumni Association has Choctaw Indians since 2011, is the first woman to serve in the position and the fourth chief of the band since the tribe received Federal recogni tion in 1945. She was sworn into office in October 2011 and announced alumni award has since won a second recipients who will be rec- term. ognized Saturday, Oct. 15, As one of the United during homecoming cele- States' original first bration. nations, the band is the Chief Anderson (Class only federally-recognized of 1994) of Carthage was American Indian tribe liv chosen Alumna ofthe Year ing within Mississippi and and Prentice Copeland is 10,000 members strong. (Class of 1949) of Choctaw lands cover Philadelphia was selected over 35,000 acres in 10 Alumnus of the Year. counties in Mississippi. New members of the Providing permanent, Athletic Hall of Fame are full-time jobs for over retired NFL player 5,000 tribal members and Kendrick Clancy (Class of non-Indian employees, the 1997) of Gluckstadt and tribe is a major contribu Lyn n Russell Hayes tor to the state's economy. (Class of 1975) of Decatur, Anderson is a graduate a former basketball and of Choctaw Central High tennis standout. School and ECCC and was Anderson, a native of a Choctaw Indian the Red Water community princess. in Leake County, has She started her career served as tribal chief of as a receptionist and pay the Mississippi Band of roll clerk at Choctaw

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Development Enterprise. Chief Phillip Martin recruited her to serve as an executive assistant, working her way through tribal government pro

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