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  2. Choctaw freedmen - Wikipedia

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    Henry Crittenden, who was born into slavery in the Choctaw Nation but was later emancipated. [1]The Choctaw Freedmen are former enslaved Africans, Afro-Indigenous, and African Americans who were emancipated and granted citizenship in the Choctaw Nation after the Civil War, according to the tribe's new peace treaty of 1866 with the United States.

  3. History of the Choctaw - Wikipedia

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    Former slaves of the Choctaw Nation were called the Choctaw Freedmen. [93] After considerable debate, the Choctaw Nation granted Choctaw Freedmen citizenship in 1885. [94] In post-war treaties, the US government also acquired land in the western part of the territory and access rights for railroads to be built across Indian Territory.

  4. Culture of the Choctaw - Wikipedia

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    The culture of the Choctaw has greatly evolved over the centuries combining mostly European-American influences; however, interaction with Spain, France, and England greatly shaped it as well. The Choctaws , or Chahtas, are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States.

  5. Mississippian shatter zone - Wikipedia

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    The city of Charleston, South Carolina was the most important slave market. The Indian population in the southeast decreased from an estimated 500,000 in 1540 to 90,000 in 1730. The chiefdoms were replaced by simpler coalescent tribes and confederacies made up of survivors and refugees from the fragmented chiefdoms, plus migrants from other ...

  6. Choctaw mythology - Wikipedia

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    These sacred myths were the record of the history of the Choctaw and many other Indigenous groups, as they were for other cultures around the world. During these sacred stories and myths, names were mentioned, but dates were hardly included. An example was Choctaw Chief Pushmataha. While he is known to have lived from 1764 to 1824, the stories ...

  7. Treaty with Choctaws and Chickasaws - Wikipedia

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    The Choctaw Nation, in what would be Oklahoma, kept slavery until 1866. After the Civil War, they were required by treaty with the United States to free the slaves within their nation. Former slaves of the Choctaw Nation were called the Choctaw Freedmen. After considerable debate, Choctaw Freedmen were granted Choctaw Nation citizenship in 1885 ...

  8. 'We are resilient people': A project to keep cultures and ...

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    In 2019, Albert Naquin, chief of the Jean Charles Chief band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, told the LA Times that decisions were being made by the state and not the tribe, as had been intended.

  9. Amerindian slave ownership - Wikipedia

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    The Choctaw and Chickasaw nations were also exceptions to the Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole nations; as these tribes abolished slavery immediately after the end of the Civil War the Chickasaw and Choctaw did not free all of the people they held in slavery until 1866.