Choctaw
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The Choctaw people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States, historically based in what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The Choctaw language is
Hatchootucknee, creator of the Choctaw Lighthorse as painted by George Catlin, 1834
Tullockchishko (Drinks the Juice of the Stones), a Choctaw stickball player, 1834.
Louisiana Indians Walking Along a Bayou Alfred Boisseau, 1847
Tul-lock-chísh-ko, Drinks the Juice of the Stone, in Ball-player's Dress, portrait by George Catlin, 1834
Five Civilized Tribes
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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: t
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…modern Choctaw people. Following the formation of the United States and increasing American settlement in the Southeast, the Choctaw became one of the Five Civilized Tribes, adopting aspects of European-American culture. Many Choctaw transitioned to yeoman farming and incorporated European Americans and African Americans…
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American urban culture, which flourished in the South and Eastern regions of the United States prior to the arrival of White settlers.
Cherokee Nation Historic Courthouse in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, built in 1849, the oldest public building in present-day Oklahoma