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Pages in category "List of place names of Choctaw origin in the United States" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The name "Wyoming" comes from a Delaware Tribe word Mechaweami-ing or "maughwauwa-ma", meaning large plains or extensive meadows, which was the tribe's name for a valley in northern Pennsylvania. The name Wyoming was first proposed for use in the American West by Senator Ashley of Ohio in 1865 in a bill to create a temporary government for ...
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 ...
"Sea Warrior" is the result of a name corrupted from the Choctaw language (Isawaya [44]) purported to mean "crouching deer". Sepulga River - possibly from the Muscogee svwokle, a tribal town. [45] Sipsey River - from the Choctaw word sipsi . [1] Sucarnoochee River - probably from the Choctaw words shokha and hachcha (stream). [46] Tensaw River
Apuckshunubbee (c. 1740 – October 18, 1824) was one of three principal chiefs of the Choctaw Native American tribe in the early nineteenth century, from before 1800. He led the western or Okla Falaya ("Long People") District of the Choctaw, of which the eastern edge ran roughly southeast from modern Winston County to Lauderdale County, then roughly southwest to Scott County, then roughly ...
It includes Choctaw writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Choctaw male writers" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
He is an Oklahoma Choctaw. His great-great grandfather, John Carnes, walked the Trail of Tears in 1835, and his paternal grandmother attended Native American boarding schools in the early 1900s. In order to preserve the legacy of the Choctaw culture, Tim's family shared stories of their heritage and the struggles that Native Americans face.
The Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma included a Pushmataha District, where his Tribe settled, until Oklahoma's statehood. The new state of Oklahoma named Pushmataha County in his honor. The Boy Scouts of America named the council containing the area of Nanih Waiya, the "Pushmataha Area Council". The story of Pushmataha is related to all Scouts at the ...