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Phillip Martin, the former Chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, died Thursday after suffering a massive stroke on Monday.

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Tribe Remembers Former Chief Phillip Martin

The following is a verbatim statement from Chief Miko Beasley Denson of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians:

Former Choctaw Chief Hospitalized

Phillip Martin, the former chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, has been hospitalized at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson. Martin, 84, held the democratically elected post of the …

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