Pontotoc District, Seat #5

Mailing Address:
2000 E. 14th Place
Ada, OK 74820
Cell: (580) 310-4563
Home:(580) 332-2394
mary.green@chickasaw.net

Clan and House Names

• Clan: Oka-La-Fa-Lay-A
• House: Cush-ke-re

Lineal Ancestors

• John Thomas, Father
• Ed Thomas, Paternal Grandfather
• Tom Thomas,  Paternal Great Grandfather (elected sheriff of Pickens County, 1872)
• Julia E. Kennedy Thomas, Mother  (original enrollee)
• Mary Isabel Cornelia Victor Kennedy, Maternal Grandmother (original enrollee)
• Alfred Wade Victor, Maternal Great Grandfather  (Choctaw original enrollee)

Type of Tribal Involvement

• 23 years as tribal employee
• Assisted in starting the first Senior Citizen program for the Chickasaw Nation
• Legislator since 1998
• Chairman, Health Care Committee; Member, Human Resources, Education, Tribal Historical and Cultural Preservation Committees.
• Program Chair of Chickasaw Nation Chapter of the AARP; former President.

Goals

• To serve all Chickasaw citizens in whatever their needs may be.
• To work for legislation to benefit all Chickasaw people wherever they live.
• To work for an increase in Chickasaw employees.
• To improve health care for Chickasaws.

Activities

• I share my life with my husband, J.L. Green, son Jess Green, daughter Melissa Wilkerson and grandchildren Keisha Sweeney and Destiny and Judd Green.
• Band Leader, Chickasaw Cats. We entertain at Ada's three nursing homes each month.
• Volunteer at Ada Senior Site
• Member, Ada Business and Professional Women's Club
• Order of the Eastern Star, lifetime member.
• Silver Haired Legislature, lifetime member.
•  Teach Adult Sunday School class (20 years) at Sunshine Missionary Baptist Church.