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  2. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians - Wikipedia

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    A Choctaw family in traditional clothing, 1908. The historic Choctaw had emerged as a tribe and occupied substantial territory in what is now the State of Mississippi. [1] In the early 19th century, they faced increasing pressure from European Americans who sought to acquire their land for agricultural development.

  3. List of Mississippi placenames of Native American origin

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    Hatchie River – related to the common root word for "river" in Muscogean languages, such as Choctaw hvcha or hacha and Creek hvtce; however, the river is located within traditional Chickasaw homeland of North Mississippi, and the modern Chickasaw word for river is abookoshi’, suggesting that either the name is a more recent appellation or ...

  4. Choctaw - Wikipedia

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    The Choctaw culture is an ancient culture that continues to thrive within the nations and communities of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in Oklahoma, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in Mississippi, the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians in Louisiana, and the Yowani Choctaws in Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, and in Oklahoma as part of the Caddo ...

  5. List of people from Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Asya Branch (born 1998), Miss Mississippi 2018, Miss Mississippi USA 2019, and Miss USA 2020 ... Apuckshunubbee (c. 1740–1824), Choctaw chief [citation needed]

  6. Jena Band of Choctaw Indians - Wikipedia

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    The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians are related to the federally recognized Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Both bands descend from Choctaws that remained behind in Mississippi when the Choctaw Nation was removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s after signing the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Between 1870 and 1880, ancestors of the Jena ...

  7. Category:Native American tribes in Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (2 C, 16 P) T. Tunica (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Native American tribes in Mississippi" The following 16 pages are in this ...