Hi. This anecdote suggests we could call some of the ferrous points 
on later 20th century sites in SE Oklahoma "Choctaw points." About 20 
years ago  I was teaching historical archy to some Ouachita-St. 
Francis NF Heritage Resource Technicians. The subject of metal points 
came up, and some Choctaw HRTs (age 30s and 40s) said as teenagers 
they had used cold chisels to cut "Christmas-tree" and triangle 
shaped points out of car bumpers. It was so routine to them that they 
were astonished I had not done so as a teenager as well.  Then they 
found out I grew up as a white kid in a middle class suburb in NE Arkansas.

On the other hand, Jim Price did some writing on SE Missouri white 
guys making their own metal points and fish gigs back in the 1930s 
and '40s. I'll find and post the references.

At 06:43 PM 6/5/2010, you wrote:
>Colleagues, with apologies for cross-postings,
>I return once again to questions of ferrous metal projectile points, 
>this time to those points made from thin metal items such as barrel 
>hoops. I'm wondering whether evidence of point manufacture has been 
>found on Euroamerican sites such as ranches, farmsteads, homesteads, 
>and trading posts and, if so, whether manufacturing can be securely 
>attributed to Euroamericans rather than Native Americans.
>Gracias,
>Jeff
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