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Choctaw Indians
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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Choctaw Indians, agricultural tribe of southern Mississippi, who served against the British in the French and Indian Wars and in the Revolution. They later aided the U.S. against the Creek, and after ceding their lands to the national government moved to Oklahoma. The Choctaw of Louisiana inspired affectionate tributes in the poetry of the brothers
Adrien Rouquette and François
Rouquette.
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Choctaw beer: tonic or devil's brew?
Magazine article from: Journal of Cultural Geography; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...oginally a drink of the Choctaw Indians (Poe 1986...amount of alcohol. Choctaws also used fishberries...the exact formula, Choctaw beer was easily made...1906). While the Choctaws were the first to brew...in the mines of the Choctaw Nation in the 1890s...
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Mississippi Choctaws and racial politics.(ESSAY)(Essay)
Magazine article from: Southern Cultures; 12/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...allowing Mississippi Choctaws access to the resources of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma...closed the roll of the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma, excluding most Mississippi Choctaws from the benefits of Choctaw Nation citizenship...
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Choctaw uprising.(business acumen of Mississippi Choctaw Indian Chief Philip Martin)
Magazine article from: National Review; 3/11/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...newspaper called the Choctaw tribe, 'the worst...leadership. Today, the Choctaws are an economic powerhouse...treaty. The Mississippi Choctaws have a heritage of grit...those remnants of the Choctaw nation that managed...forcibly relocated most Choctaws to Oklahoma in 1830...
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The Choctaws in Oklahoma: From Tribe to Nation, 1855-1970.(Choctaw Nation: A Story of American Indian Resurgence)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...applied to all Choctaws. Lambert also begins with early Choctaw history but...book mentions Choctaw raids against...areas into which Choctaws relocated...depth on the Choctaws' forced removal...But the Choctaw experience in...
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Choctaw Tales
Magazine article from: Western Folklore; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Choctaw Tales. Collected and annotated by Tom Mould...index. $50.00 cloth, $20.00 paper). Choctaw Tales is a fine addition to Tom Mould's oeuvre on verbal art among the Choctaw, a large and important Native American people...
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Choctaw Maid jobs offset garment industry losses
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal; 11/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; CARTHAGE - After Choctaw Maid Farms processing plant underwent...motorists showed up at the front gate of the Choctaw Maid Farms, looked up at the attractive...times even diverting stray tourists, Choctaw Maid's Carthage plant hums night and...
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CHOCTAW INDIAN LAND:CHIEF PHILLIP MARTIN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 3/29/2000; 700+ words
; ...Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Land Acquisitions...10, 1817, the Choctaws still retained Federally...the Mississippi Choctaws would be held in...in trust for such Choctaw Indians of one...purchased in aid of the Choctaws in Mississippi...the Mississippi Choctaw Indian ...
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How Choctaws Invented Civilization and Why Choctaws Will Conquer the World.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Birchfield warns that the Choctaw republic will rise...scholarly studies on the Choctaws (The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic [Norman...non-Indians about Choctaw history. Birchfield...facts such as the Choctaws being the third...
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Choctaw grave desecration continues
Newspaper article from: News From Indian Country; 8/15/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...projects. Traditionally Choctaw graves had a small house...affluent and assimilated Choctaws had fashionable tombstones...They consider any Choctaw who would seek to restore...selling the graves of many Choctaws to white cattlemen by...named for the first Choctaw Council House built...
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Pre-removal Choctaw History: Exploring New Paths.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Quarterly; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...and political moves of Choctaw societies as they negotiated...Creek, in which the Choctaws ceded their Mississippi...unexamined areas of Choctaw history. She also discusses...efforts of the Mississippi Choctaws toward preserving their...the creation of the Choctaw Heritage Council. The...
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Choctaws
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
...and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Other Choctaw groups, such as the Mowa Choctaws of Alabama, are seeking federal...others, who would become the Choctaw's closest neighbors. Finally, the Choctaws emerged and established their...
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Choctaw
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...the spread of literacy, the Choctaw adopted formal written rules...requiring the removal of the Choctaw to Oklahoma. Under this treaty, Choctaws could elect to remain in Mississippi...coming years, the remaining Choctaw were robbed of their possessions...
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Head of Choctaw Nation Reaffirms His Tribe's Position (21 October 1863)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
HEAD OF CHOCTAW NATION REAFFIRMS HIS...regions, particularly the Choctaws, Creeks, Seminoles...with the settlers. As Choctaw leader Chief P. P...to be the fate of the Choctaw people if their neighbors...abiding place for the poor Choctaws. For unlike the white...
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Sleep Not Longer, O Choctaws and Chickasaws (1811, by Tecumseh)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
SLEEP NOT LONGER, O CHOCTAWS AND CHICKASAWS (1811, by...met with a special council of Choctaws and Chickasaws in what is now...Cornell University See also Choctaw ; Indian Warfare ; Wars with...eyes. So it will be with you Choctaws and Chickasaws! Soon your...
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Choctaw Indians
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Choctaw Indians, agricultural tribe of southern Mississippi, who served against...after ceding their lands to the national government moved to Oklahoma. The Choctaw of Louisiana inspired affectionate tributes in the poetry of the brothers...
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