Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Ella Jean Hill Chaudhuri
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   CHAUDHURI
   TEMPE, AZ - Ella Jean Hill CHAUDHURI was born May 29, 1937, at the
   Okfuskee County allotment of her grandfather, James SCOTT. She died
   February 17, 1997, at her Tempe, AZ, home. Funeral services were held
   February 21, 1997, at Tempe Mortuary.
   She attended Eufaula Boarding School, Tulsa Central High School,
   Oklahoma City Public Schools and several universities. She was active
   in Mvskokvlke teachings of the four seasons of a woman’s life.
   She belonged to the Bear Clan, Oceapofv Tribal Town, and was the
   daughter of the Bird Clan and Greenleaf Tribal Town. She was the
   granddaughter of Micco Elmer HILL of Fish Pond and Rhoda YAHOLA. Her
   parents, Wilburn and Mary Ann HILL, were associated with Greenleaf
   Baptist Church and actively involved in spiritual work in the Muscogee
   Nation and Florida. She and her three siblings, Clifton, Nathaniel and
   Rechinda, assisted them. She was a civil rights activist, a lobbyist,
   and a supporter and participant in many grassroots Indian activities.
   She had worked on collecting Creek and Seminole oral history and had
   written an unpublished book “A Sacred Path: The Way of the
   Muscogee Creek” based upon her collection. She also was involved
   in writing, theater, dancing, storytelling, and spiritual counseling.
   She was preceded in death by her grandparents, her parents, and her
   two brothers. She was survived by her husband, Joy CHAUDHURI; her two
   sons, Joydev “Paul” Mahagi, and Jonodev “Jon”
   Osceola; her sister; a nephew, Lance (no last name given); and her
   mother-in-law, Sulata CHAUDHURI.