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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.
Around 15,000 Choctaws left the old Choctaw Nation for the Indian Territory, much of the state of Oklahoma today. [1] The name Oklahoma was created in 1886 by Principal Chief Allen Wright (Choctaw, 1826–1885). [15] The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma states that in the Choctaw language Okla means "people" and humma means "red." [16] [15]
The Atoka Agreement is a document signed by representatives of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian Nations and members of the United States Dawes Commission on April 23, 1897, at Atoka, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
The treaty, without Choctaw participation, put Choctaw country under U.S. control: n/a Fort Adams: 1801: United States: Mississippi Territory: Re-defined Choctaw cession to England and permission for Natchez Trace: 2,641,920 acres (10,691.5 km 2) Fort Confederation: 1802: United States: Mississippi Territory: Boundary re-defined, and lands ...
The Curtis Act of 1898 was an amendment to the United States Dawes Act; it resulted in the break-up of tribal governments and communal lands in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory: the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee, and Seminole.
Gray now works for the Cherokee Nation in their historic preservation office. She wants more people to learn about all of Fort Smith’s history and how unique it is. "Oklahoma currently is home ...
Choctaw Nation senate in 1898. Oklahoma Historical Society. The establishment of Oklahoma Territory following the Civil War was a required land cession by the Five Civilized Tribes, who had supported the Confederacy. The government used its railroad access to the Oklahoma Territory to stimulate development there.
The land, nearly 1.9 million acres, was deemed open for settlement 23 years after the Five Tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Muscogee/Creek, and Seminole) signed new treaties with the United ...