Choctaw Nation

The Choctaw Tribe is primarily associated with the states of Louisiana, Alabama, and Oklahoma. See below for at least a partial lists of groups of Choctaw Indians and the reservations associated with each.

The Choctaw Tribe is one of the Five Civilized Tribes

History

Brief Timeline

1830: ceded lands to the United States

1831-1833: First tribe forced from their homeland. Removed to Indian Territory

World War I and II: the U.S. government used members of the Choctaw Nation for secure communications.  They became the first code-talkers

Reservations

Oklahoma: Latimer and Pushmataha counties

Mississippi: Neshoba, Newton, Leake, Scott, Jones, Attala, Kemper, Winston counties

Additional References to the History of the Tribe

Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Choctaw  tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Tribal Headquarters

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
P.0. Box 1210
Durant, OK 74702-1210
Phone: 1.800.522.6170

Groups or Parts of the Choctaw Tribe and Their Reservations

Choctaw Nation (Oklahoma)

Jena Band (Louisiana)

Mississippi Band

Records

Agency Records

Correspondence and Census Records

Tribe	Agency	Location of  Original Records	Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962  Roll Number	FHL Film Number	Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 693  Roll Number	FHL Film Number
Choctaw	Choctaw Agency,                1824-76	Washington D.C.	Rolls 169-96	-	-	-
Choctaw	Jones Academy, Hartshorne, 1901-53	Fort Worth	-	-	-	-
Choctaw	Union Agency-Muskogee Area, 1875-80	Washington D.C. and Fort Worth	Rolls 865-77	-	Roll 685	-
Choctaw, Mississippi	Choctaw, Philadelphia, Miss., 1926-39	Washington D.C.	-	-	Rolls 15, 41-42	574200-201

Enrollment Records

• Dawes Commission Enrollment Records

Treaties

• January 3, 1786, at Hopewell
• June 29, 1796,- Creek
• December 17, 1801, at Fort Adams
• Ocotber 17, 1802, at Forrt Confederation
• November 16, 1805, at Mount Dexter
• October 27, 1805, -Chickasaw
• August 9, 1814,
• October 24, 1816,
• October 18, 1820, nerar Doaks Stand
• January 20, 1825, at Washington
• February 12,1825,- Creek
• May 6, 1828, - Cherokee
• September 27, 1830, at Dancing Rabbit Creek
• February 14, 1833,
• August 24, 1835, at Camp Holmes
• January 17, 1835, at Doaksville
• November 4, 1854, at Doaksville
• June 22, 1855, at Washington,
• September 13, 1855, at Fort Smith-unratified
• July 4, 1866, - Delaware
• August 28, 1866, at Washington 

 Vital Records

Important Web Sites

• Constitution and By-laws of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
• Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Official Website
• Choctaw Nation Wikipedia

References

Bibliography

• Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
• Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; Family History Library book 970.1 R259e.
• Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; Family History Library book 970.1 G131g.

Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean

Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America

Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau

Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands

• Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .
  

  Volume 1 -- Not yet published

  Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751

  Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371
  

  Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.4.

  Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.5.

  Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.6.

  Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311
  

  Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.8.

  Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.9.

  Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.10.

  Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.11.

  Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.12.

  Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643
  

  Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176

  Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.15.

  Volume 16 -- Not yet published

  Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746
  

  Volume 18 -- Not yet published

  Volume 19 -- Not yet published

  Volume 20 -- Not yet published

• Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
• Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; Family History Library book 970.1 W146e 2006.