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The Choctaw nation occupies several non-contiguous blocks of land east of the Mississippi River. Larger than Massachusetts, the land area is located primarily in east-central Mississippi, site of the Choctaw ancestral homeland, and in a large...

The Choctaws, or Chahtas, are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States (Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana) of the Muskogean linguistic group. The Choctaws are the third largest tribe in North America, following Navajo...

Choctaw Tales. Collected and annotated by Tom Mould. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2004. Pp. Ixii + 290, foreword by Chief Phillip Martin, preface, introduction, photographs, chart, annotations, notes, bibliography, index. $50.00 cloth, $20.00 paper). Choctaw Tales is a fine addition to Tom...

CHOCTAW - The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI) unveiled a new logo and tagline and an upcoming print advertising campaign at news conference at the State Capitol. The new logo and print ads represent the initial phase of a campaign, developed with The...

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians appeared Thursday to have elected a new chief for the first time in three decades.Eight-term incumbent Chief Phillip Martin, 81, trailed former Tribal Council member Beasley Denson by 211 votes according to complete but unofficial returns from Tuesday's runoff....

Legislation to make English the state's official language has run into opposition from American Indians, who say their native tongues are dying fast enough without any help from lawmakers.As Oklahoma observes its centennial year, the English-only issue points up divisions that persist more than a...