NATIVE PEOPLE RAISING NATIVE BUTTERFLIES
Nestled between the sandy shores of the Arkansas River and the wild backwoods of Concharty Mountain, lies the Euchee Butterfly Farm. This land was originally deeded to Neosho Parthenia Brown, a 16-year woman of Euchee and Creek descent, by the United States Government in 1899 as a part of the dissolution of Indian Territory (now called Oklahoma) where her people had made their home since forced relocation during the 1830s from their traditional homelands in Alabama and Georgia.
Today, under the direction of Neosho’s great-granddaughter, this land is being used to create economic self-sufficiency for Muscogee (Creek) citizens through the Natives Raising Natives Project and build awareness of the need butterfly conservation.