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According to MBCI, "To be eligible for membership in the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians...a person must either: (1) appear on the census roll prepared by the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Choctaw Agency of all Choctaw Indians resident in Mississippi on January 1, 1940 (commonly referred to as MBCI’s “base roll”); or (2) be the ...
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.
Chief of the Choctaw Nation; In office March 15, 1830 – February 24, 1831: Preceded by: Robert Cole: Succeeded by: George W. Harkins: Member of the Mississippi Senate and Mississippi House of Representatives; In office 1841–1844: Personal details; Born: June 3, 1800 () Lefleur's Bluff, Territory of Mississippi: Died: August 31, 1865 (aged 65)
Oklahoma to the Choctaw Nation, the tribe filed more than 150 cases in their district court, including 35 felony counts from Pittsburg County. ... Oklahoma to the Choctaw Nation, the tribe filed ...
Jul. 20—Choctaw Nation Tribal Prosecutor Kara Bacon met with Southeastern Oklahoma law enforcement officers Thursday in part of an ongoing series of discussions on how to best apply laws in the ...
The Choctaw Advisory Board opposed inclusion of the Texas Choctaw as well as the Jena Choctaws in Louisiana, as they had both lived primarily outside of the Choctaw Nation. Thompson's case eventually went to the United States Supreme Court to be decided where he and about 70 other Texas Choctaws who had relocated to Indian Territory ultimately ...
Feb. 8—Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton said his tribe will be a part of a $590 million settlement between Native American tribes, Johnson & Johnson and three other major pharmaceutical ...
At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Jones argued vehemently for secession and an alliance between the Choctaw and the Confederacy. He represented the Choctaw nation in the 1st Confederate States Congress from 1862 to 1864. Following the war, he served as a Choctaw delegate in Washington D.C. in negotiating the treaty of 1866 between the ...