Choctaw Nation
Southeastern indigenous nation
The Choctaw Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe, one of the largest in the United States, with headquarters in Oklahoma.
The Choctaw were among the "Five Civilized Tribes" forcibly relocated from their southeastern homelands during the 1830s Trail of Tears.
She works for the Choctaw Nation's health services division.
- stickballMakeshift urban baseball variant
- Trail of Tears1830s forced indigenous relocation
- sacred fireReligiously significant perpetual blaze
- federal recognitionGovernment's formal tribal acknowledgment
- tribal councilIndigenous community's ruling body
tribal sovereignty · Indian Removal Act · Indian Territory · mound builders · ancestral homelands · oral traditions · Mississippi · Oklahoma · storytelling · cultural preservation · homeland · casino · Native American · removal · treaty rights · fry bread · treaty · clan
- Oklahoma Tribes
- OklahomaOklahoma, Tulsa, Indian Territory, Lawton, OU
- Indian TerritoryIndian Territory, allotment, land allotment, Cherokee, Chickasaw
- Southeast TribesCherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, Catawba, Powhatan
- tribal lawtribal courts, tribal law, tribal court, tribal sovereignty, tribal governance
- reservationsreservation, booking, hotel reservation, room reservation, table reservation
Choctaw NationCherokee Nation
Federally recognized indigenous government
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