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  2. Choctaw - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. History of the Choctaw - Wikipedia

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    The Choctaw and Chickasaw, the tribes he knew best, were beneath contempt, that is, even worse than black slaves." [69] Removal continued throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1846 1,000 Choctaw removed, and in 1903, another 300 Mississippi Choctaw were persuaded to move to the Nation in Oklahoma. [6] By 1930 only 1,665 remained in ...

  4. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Choctaw Nation Tribal Services Center in Hugo, Oklahoma. The Choctaw Nation is the first indigenous tribe in the United States to build its own hospital with its own funding. [41] The Choctaw Nation Health Care Center, located in Talihina, is a 145,000-square-foot (13,500 m 2) health facility with 37 hospital beds for inpatient care and 52 exam ...

  5. KY’s Choctaw Academy is a marker of Native American history ...

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    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 ...

  6. Choctaw mythology - Wikipedia

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    Today the Choctaw have three federally recognized tribes: the largest is the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, next is the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, made up of descendants of individuals who did not remove in the 1830s, and the smallest is the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, located in Louisiana. Also, the Choctaw Apache Tribe of Ebarb ...

  7. Culture of the Choctaw - Wikipedia

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    Mississippi Choctaws in traditional clothing, ca. 1908 Choctaw beaded pouch, ca. 1900, Oklahoma, Oklahoma History Center. The culture of the Choctaw has greatly evolved over the centuries combining mostly European-American influences; however, interaction with Spain, France, and England greatly shaped it as well.

  8. Current Choctaw Princess is ready to pass the torch at 74th ...

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    The Choctaw Indian Princess has been crowned on the opening night of the annual Choctaw Indian Fair since 1955 and the princess serves a year as an ambassador for the tribe.

  9. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians - Wikipedia

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    President Jackson was determined to use the Choctaw removal as a model for removing other tribes from the Southeast to territory far west of the Mississippi River. After ceding close to 11 million acres (45,000 km 2 ), the Choctaw were to emigrate in three stages: the first in the fall of 1831, the second in 1832, and the last in 1833. [ 3 ]