Choctaw Nation

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The Choctaw Tribe is primarily associated with the states of Louisiana, Alabama, and Oklahoma[1]. 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[edit | edit source]

Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]

1830: ceded lands to the United States

1831-1833 removed to Indian Territory

Brief History[edit | edit source]

Reservations[edit | edit source]

Oklahoma: Latimer and Pushmataha counties

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

Additional References to the History of the Tribe[edit | edit source]

Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Choctaw Nation (Oklahoma)

Jena Band (Louisiana)

Mississippi Band

Records[edit | edit source]

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

Vital Records

Important Web Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 134, 12 July 2002 Available online

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • 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
  • 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.