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  2. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. History of the Choctaw - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Choctaw - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Nanih Waiya - Wikipedia

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    Nanih Waiya (alternately spelled Nunih Waya; [2] Choctaw for 'slanting mound') [3] is an ancient platform mound in southern Winston County, Mississippi, constructed by indigenous people during the Middle Woodland period, about 300 to 600 CE.

  6. List of Choctaw chiefs - Wikipedia

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    Unless repealed by the federal government, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma would effectively be terminated as a sovereign nation as of August 25, 1970.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 ...

  7. Greenwood LeFlore - Wikipedia

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    In the event, the Choctaw were awarded the largest territory of any removed tribe. It was located in the fertile, forested southeast corner of what is now Oklahoma. LeFlore did receive a grant of land in Mississippi, for 1,000 acres (4 km²) of land (his grant by the treaty, including allowances for unmarried children living with him.)

  8. Choctaw Trail of Tears - Wikipedia

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    The complete Choctaw Nation shaded in blue in relation to the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Choctaw Trail of Tears was the attempted ethnic cleansing and relocation by the United States government of the Choctaw Nation from their country, referred to now as the Deep South (Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana), to lands west of the Mississippi River in Indian Territory in the 1830s ...

  9. 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.