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Today, Choctaw people are enrolled in four federally recognized tribes: the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Jena Band of Choctaw Indians in Louisiana, and the Yowani Choctaws enrolled under the confederacy of the Caddo Nation. [4] Choctaw descendants are also members of state-recognized tribes. [5] [6] [7] [8]
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (Choctaw: Chahta Okla) is a Native American reservation [5] occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. [6] At roughly 6,952,960 acres (28,138 km 2; 10,864 sq mi), it is the second-largest reservation in area after the Navajo, exceeding that of the seven smallest U.S. states.
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.
The entrance of the Choctaw Cultural Center simulates a traditional Choctaw home, or "Chukka," with a central fireplace opening to the heavens on Nov. 3, 2023, in Calera, near Durant.
This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ... Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma: Choctaw, Choctaw freedmen: 223,279 84,670
Sep. 4—CHOCTAW NATION — Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton echoed the words of a prominent chief of the southeast Oklahoma tribal nation during his annual State of the Nation. "My destiny is ...
The Choctaw Academy dormitory building in Scott County, Ky., stands Thursday, February 1, 2024. Established in 1825, the academy was the first federally controlled residential/boarding school for ...
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians play stickball today in the 21st century. Every year at the Choctaw Indian Fair near Philadelphia, Mississippi , as well as at the Choctaw Labor Day festival in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma , stickball can be seen played on a modern-day football field.