Choctaw
Southeastern indigenous nation
Choctaw refers to a Native American people originally from the southeastern United States, particularly Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, as well as their Muskogean language.
The Choctaw Nation, one of the largest federally recognized tribes, was among the first forcibly relocated during the Trail of Tears in the 1830s.
In figure skating, a Choctaw is a turn from one foot to the other while changing edge and direction, named for its perceived resemblance to a Native American dance step.
Makeshift urban baseball variant
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- drumsStruck membrane instruments
storytelling · ceremonies · traditions · clans · spirituality · rituals · basket weaving · pottery
South Central U.S. state
- MississippiSouthern state or major river
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- tribal landsIndigenous peoples' sovereign territory
federally recognized · self-determination · enrollment · council · government · Indian Territory · tribal citizenship · constitution
1830s forced indigenous relocation
- moundsHeaps of earth
- Indian TerritoryFederal land for displaced tribes
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- migrationMovement to new territory
homeland · Civil War · reconstruction · statehood · assimilation · boarding schools · land loss · resilience
Muskogean-speaking Native nation
Science of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- dialectsRegional language variations
revitalization · elders · pronunciation · endangered · preservation · orthography · dictionary · grammar
stickball
Makeshift urban baseball variant
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
drums · storytelling · ceremonies · traditions · clans · spirituality · rituals · basket weaving · pottery · corn
Oklahoma
South Central U.S. state
- MississippiSouthern state or major river
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
tribal lands · federally recognized · self-determination · enrollment · council · government · Indian Territory · tribal citizenship · constitution · jurisdiction
Trail of Tears
1830s forced indigenous relocation
- moundsHeaps of earth
- Indian TerritoryFederal land for displaced tribes
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
migration · homeland · Civil War · reconstruction · statehood · assimilation · boarding schools · land loss · resilience · survival
Chickasaw
Muskogean-speaking Native nation
phonology
Science of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
dialects · revitalization · elders · pronunciation · endangered · preservation · orthography · dictionary · grammar · syntax
- Mississippi TribesChickasaw, Natchez, Biloxi, Houma
- Native AmericansCherokee, Apache, Navajo, Sioux, Mohawk
- TribesApache, Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Comanche
- First NationsCree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, Blackfoot, Inuit
- frontier Americapioneers, settlers, homesteaders, homesteading, sodbusters
- Indigenous American LanguagesNavajo, Cherokee, Nahuatl, Quechua, Ojibwe
- Choctaw NationSoutheastern Native American people