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The Mississippi College Choctaws football team represented Mississippi College. The school's teams are known as the Choctaws. Its major rivals are Millsaps College in nearby Jackson and Delta State in Cleveland, Mississippi, in the Delta. After a more than 40-year hiatus, MC and Millsaps teams began meeting on the football field again in 2000.
The History of the Choctaws, or Chahtas, are a Native American people originally from the Southeast of what is currently known as the United States.They are known for their rapid post-colonial adoption of a written language, transitioning to yeoman farming methods, having European-American lifestyles enforced in their society, and acquiring some customs from Africans they enslaved.
The 1961 Mississippi College Choctaws football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi College as an independent during the 1961 college football season. In their third year under head coach Hartwell McPhail , the Choctaws compiled an 8–1 record, shut out their first four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a ...
The 1921 football teams went 7–2–1 with wins over Tulane University and the University of Mississippi and also a tie with the University of Florida. After this great year the students at Mississippi College decided that the name Collegians just did not fit the team and decided to hold a contest for where students could submit possible ...
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 ...
A Choctaw family in traditional clothing, 1908. The historic Choctaw had emerged as a tribe and occupied substantial territory in what is now the State of Mississippi. [1] In the early 19th century, they faced increasing pressure from European Americans who sought to acquire their land for agricultural development.
The 1921 Mississippi College Choctaws football team represented Mississippi College as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1921 college football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Stanley L. Robinson and College Football Hall of Famer, halfback Goat Hale. "Ten other players are on Hale ...
The story of Pushmataha is related to all Scouts at the local summer camp. Camp Pushmataha in Citronelle, AL is owned by the City of Citronelle is the old Boy Scout Camp for the Mobile Area Council and is the site Last Surrender of the Civil War. The community of Pushmataha in northwestern Choctaw County, Alabama, is named in his honor.