The Choctaw Tribes

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The Choctaw were among one of the biggest tribes. They were one of the Five Civilized Tribes, which included the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Creek tribes. There are two Choctaw tribes left today, the Oklahoma Choctaws and the Mississippi Choctaws. The Choctaw were spread out in the southeast, specifically Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana. They were forced to move to from their original homelands. In the 1800s, the Choctaw were forced to move to the Indian Territory, known as Oklahoma today (O’Brien 1). The Choctaw lived in houses and small cornfields. They liked to farm. They harvested corn, beans, sunflowers, and squash. They also hunted, shot deer, wild turkey, and targeted small animals. They used bows and arrows

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Choctaw Tribe Research Paper

United States, there are several Native American tribes, and there are five tribes that are known as the “Five Civilized Tribes”, with the Choctaws (aka Chahta) being one of the Five Civilized Tribes. There are two main Choctaw tribes, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and the one I will be writing about, and am a tribal member of, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Being part of the “Five Civilized Tribes” wasn’t always beneficial for the Choctaw Nation; in fact, it was injurious to our culture…

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Women's Roles In The Choctaw Tribe

Men and Women’s Roles in the Choctaw Tribe The men and women of the Choctaw tribe had different and similar yet very important roles. For example, the women of the tribe are the main leaders when they aren’t in war and the men hunt. Starting with the men of this tribe. The men took the job as the hunters; providing; the necessary meat and hides. The men were also the warriors who would protect their family and tribe during time of war. During war the chief would make the decisions, but during times…

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Native American Assimilation Essay

years that caused them to assimilate with the Europeans. Natives had to change themselves as a sovereign nation to those of a nation that they were not fond of as well as how they coped with their ever changing environment. One of the very first tribes that were affected were the Cherokees. The process of assimilation began when the Cherokee allowed Moravian missionaries onto their land in 1801. The missionaries taught the basics of European agriculture, domestic arts, English, and Christianity…

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Choctaw Indian Culture Essay

study is the Choctaw Indian culture. Many of the Native tribes have endangered languages and cultures, I think it is important to preserve all cultures, and gain understanding of ways people live in the world. The Choctaws like many other tribes engage in Stick ball, a sport that consist of using their stick to move the ball across the field to the other teams goalpost. Sports are a very important part of many cultures. Another important part of the Choctaw culture is dancing. Choctaws use dancing…

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The Chickasaw: Southern Woodlands

Alabama, and Tennessee.The history of the Chickasaw Nation in its present location began in 1855, when the tribe was separated from the Choctaw Nation and re-formed its own government. When Europeans first meet them, the Chickasaw were living in villages in what is now Northeastern Mississippi. The Chickasaw moved into Mississippi.Their oral history says they moved along with the Choctaw from west of the Mississippi River into present-day Mississippi in prehistoric times. The Mississippian Ideological…

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Andrew Jackson Trail Of Tears Research Paper

shameful acts of American policy was forcing the Native American Indians on a “Trail of Tears.” From 1831 to 1850, under President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act, more than forty tribes were forced on a Trail of Tears, most notably the five civilized tribes of the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, and Chickasaw. The tribes, with small amounts of support from missionaries and the judicial branch, attempted to thwart Jackson’s plans for removal. However, Jackson, with the majority support of Southern…

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World War II Code Talkers Essay

Code Talker of World War I and II Native Americans were used as code talkers in both the First and Second World Wars. Code talking is most associated with the Navajo code talkers of World War II, but the Choctaw, Chippewa and Oneidas tribes also helped in both of the wars. During World War I the Germans and their allies had broken every code that the U.S. military came up with, both mathematical based and the codes based on European languages. The army also tried using runners, one in four…

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The Trail Of Tears: The Choctaw Indians

The Choctaw Indians lived in the southeastern region of the United States, mainly in Mississippi. One of the chiefs, Pushmataha was the most famous Choctaw. He negotiated several treaties with the United States government. The main treaty was known as the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek that was set in place during 1830, which moved some of the tribe to reservations in Oklahoma. This event is also known as the Trail of Tears, which ended up in over half of the Natives traveling to Oklahoma dying…

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Trail Of Tears: The Most Brutal Genocide In American History

dozens of Native American tribes due to expanding land for the white men (Trail of Tears). Many battles were fought and many people died. In the end, many tribes walked thousands of miles to Oklahoma, and thousands died on the harsh journey (Cherokee Trail of Tears). The Trail of Tears depicts the most brutal genocide in American History. First, in 1836, President Andrew Jackson presented Congress with a treaty he negotiated with the Iowas, Sacs, Fox, Otoe and Omaha tribes of the Missouri Territory…

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Andrew Jackson On Indian Removal Summary

government to push the “Five Civilized Tribes” including the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles out of their ancestral land to make room for white settlement. As a result, the Indian Removal Act was passed, giving Jackson the right to relocate the…

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