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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]
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
Callattakapa Choctaw Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/13/2004. [27] Calusa-Seminole Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/28/1998. [26] [27] Cherokee Nation Heritage Organization of California. [25] [32] The Cherokees of California. [25] Chilula Tribe [32] The Chiricahua Tribe of California. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/24/2003. [27 ...
List of Choctaw Treaties is a comprehensive chronological list of historic agreements that directly or indirectly affected the Choctaw people, a Native American tribe, with other nations. Choctaw land was systematically obtained through treaties, legislation, and threats of warfare. Treaties were made with Great Britain, France, and Spain.
List of federally recognized tribes by state: As of May 2013, there were 566 Native American tribes legally recognized by the U.S. Government, according to the article, "List of federally recognized tribes." Native Americans in the United States
Unless repealed by the federal government, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma would effectively be terminated as a sovereign nation as of August 25, 1970.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 ...
Choctawhatchee River - Choctaw word hacha (river) and the name for the tribe, literally the "River of the Choctaws". [8] Luxapallila Creek - from Choctaw words luksi a balali (turtles crawl there) [43] Noxubee River - derived from Choctaw word nakshobi (to stink). [44] Quilby Creek, creek in Sumter County.
Illustrations of members of the Five Civilized Tribes painted between 1775 and 1850 (clockwise from top left): Sequoyah, Pushmataha, Selocta, Piominko, and Osceola The term Five Civilized Tribes was applied by the United States government in the early federal period of the history of the United States to the five major Native American nations in the Southeast: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw ...