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To allot the communal lands, citizens of the Five Tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole) were to be enumerated and registered by the US government. These counts also included the freedmen – formerly enslaved African-Americans who had been emancipated after the American Civil War, and their descendants.
The Choctaw Tribal School System is a school system based in the community of Choctaw, Mississippi (US). An entity operated by the federally recognized Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, [1] the district consists of eight schools in three counties: Neshoba, Leake, and Newton. It has a total enrollment of 1,700 to 1,800 students. [2]
Mississippi Choctaw Indian Federation (defunct historic organization) [113] Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw, Vancleave, MS. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/14/2006. [27] State law MS HR50 in 2016 declared this organization "The Official Native American Tribe of the Choctaw People of Jackson County, Mississippi" [114]
This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ... Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma: Choctaw, Choctaw freedmen: 223,279 84,670
Henry Crittenden, who was born into slavery in the Choctaw Nation but was later emancipated. [1]The Choctaw Freedmen are former enslaved Africans, Afro-Indigenous, and African Americans who were emancipated and granted citizenship in the Choctaw Nation after the Civil War, according to the tribe's new peace treaty of 1866 with the United States.
Oak Hill Industrial Academy, near Valliant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory Open 1878 [55] –1912 by the Presbyterian Mission Board. The Choctaw freedmen's academy was renamed as the Elliott Academy (aka Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy) in 1912. [56] Oak Ridge Manual Labor School, near Holdenville, Indian Territory in the Seminole Nation.
After this discussion, it was decided that this category should be replaced by a list. Once a list is created that includes all the information found here, this category may be speedily deleted . For more information, see Choctaw language .
This list of Native Americans a notable individuals who are Native Americans in the United States, including Alaska Natives and American Indians. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Native American identity is a complex and contested issue.