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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 .
The "Farewell Letter to the American People" was a widely published letter by Choctaw Chief George W. Harkins in February 1832. [1] It denounced the removal of the Choctaw Nation to Oklahoma. It also marked the beginning of a large process that would remove Native Americans who were living east of Mississippi, the Trail of Tears. Harkins wrote ...
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 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.
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 ...
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.
Unless repealed by the federal government, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma would effectively be terminated as a sovereign nation as of August 25, 1970. [3] After a long struggle for recognition, the Mississippi Choctaw received recognition in 1918. The Mississippi Choctaw soon received lands, educational benefits, and a long overdue health care ...
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]