Irish ‘pay forward’ Choctaws’ 1847 charity

The Navajo Nation thanked Irish people for repaying a 173-year-old favor that was an early use of an international organization to deliver humanitarian aid.

By Arete News - May 11, 2020

Kindred Spirits sculpture in County Cork, Ireland honoring Choctaws' donation to Irish famine relief (AN/Gavin Sheridan)

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