Henry to run for Choctaw Council

POCOLA – Pocola resident Jess Henry announced his bid for Choctaw Tribal Council District 4 April 19.

“I know what it means to be Choctaw,” said Henry. “I was born and raised on a cattle ranch in Tamaha, Oklahoma and my grandparents were on the Dawes Rolls as Choctaw full-blood enrollees.”

Henry added he is half-Choctaw as his mother was full-blooded Choctaw.

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