Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, Southeastern cultures, or Southeast Indians are an ethnographic classification for Native Americans who have traditionally inhabited the area now part
Painting of a Choctaw woman by George Catlin
"Poverty point objects," earthenware, believed to be for cooking, Poverty Point
Clay female figurines, Poverty Point
Carved shell gorgets and atlatl weights, Poverty Point
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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
Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands
…Chitimacha, Louisiana Choctaw, Mississippi, Alabama, and parts of Louisiana; later Oklahoma Chowanoc (Chowanoke), North Carolina…
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