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  Welcome to the City of Choctaw, Oklahoma
Choctaw is a small and vibrant community where the values of small town living merge with strong incentives for economic growth.
Choctaw physically became a community in 1890, but was not given actual status as a town until 1893 when a territorial governor was appointed for Oklahoma.
Choctaw residents are relatively young (average age is 33.4 years) with income and educational levels considerably higher than Oklahoma County and surrounding communities.
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 Choctaw County Oklahoma GenWeb
Choctaw County was created at statehood in 1907 and takes its name from the Indian tribal name, "Chahta." Located in southern Oklahoma and bordering Texas, Choctaw County contains 774 square miles, which ranks it 42nd in size with other Oklahoma counties.
Present day Choctaw County was created in 1907 out of the districts of Apukshunubbee and Pushmataha and contains portions of Jackson, Kiamitia (Kiamichi), Cedar and Towson counties of the Choctaw Nation (political subdivisions).
Choctaw County did not exist prior to Oklahoma statehood in 1907 thus there will be no census data for an area called "Choctaw County" prior to 1910.
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 Museum of the Red River–The Choctaw
The Choctaw’s long journey to their new home, which was often made without the supplies and wagons promised in the treaty, was arduous.
By 1848, Choctaw newspapers were in circulation, and Christian missionaries had been given permission to establish new stations in the territory.
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, whereby remaining 10,000,000+ acres of Choctaw land in Mississippi and Alabama are ceded, and tribes agree to move to Indian Territory in exchange for protection, passage, and an annuity of $20,000 for twenty years, plus funds for schools, churches, and a council house.
www.museumoftheredriver.org /choctaw.html   (1294 words)

  
 Choctaw News
Oklahoma County sheriff's deputies arrested a woman Thursday and a man surrendered to authorities later that night in a case where both were wanted on charges of neglecting four children living in a Luther...
A dispute among relatives of an Oklahoma City soccer coach allegedly killed by his son is set for a hearing today in Oklahoma County.
An Oklahoma City man accused of shooting his wife to death is now formally charged with first-degree murder and being held in the Oklahoma County jail without bail.
www.topix.net /city/choctaw-ok   (597 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Choctaws are closely associated with the Chickasaws, and many of their early legends indicate that the two tribes descended from a common people.
After the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (1830), the remaining Choctaw lands were ceded, and the Choctaws agreed to move to Oklahoma or apply for allotments under article 14 of the treaty.
The Choctaws continually boasted that they had never made war on the white man and apparently remained at peace with the Texans during their residence in the republic.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/CC/bmc57.html   (1724 words)

  
 Chronicles of Oklahoma
While the Choctaws had lost their former homes in the East because of their refusal to become citizens of the white man's government, in their new home they rather encouraged the white men to become citizens of their government, and made many laws which made it profitable for them to do so.
Two disconnected parts of the Choctaw were being operated when I reached South McAlester in 1891; the stretch from Wister to South McAlester, sixty-five miles, and the other from Fort Reno to Oklahoma City—a total of about ninety-five miles, all operated from the headquarters at South McAlester.
Again, as in the case of the Choctaw, coal was considered the basis of traffic, as the settlement of the new country would require that commodity, and oil had not yet been found in Oklahoma.
digital.library.okstate.edu /Chronicles/v011/v011p0637.html   (8460 words)

  
 Choctaw, Oklahoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Choctaw is a growing suburban town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area.
While Choctaw is located in the geographic center of Eastern Oklahoma County, it enjoys relative prosperity on the fringes of the urbanized eastern edge of Oklahoma City.
Choctaw is proud of its past, but is focusing on its future.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Choctaw,_Oklahoma   (540 words)

  
 Choctaw Books
Also English - Choctaw Language Intro: A Dictionary of The Choctaw Language.This dictionary represents a portion of the results of nearly fifty years of missionary service among the Choctaw Indians on the part of its compiler, Rev. Cyrus Byington.
Choctaw Language Workbook Chahta Anumpa Aiimabvchi is a workbook made for the beginning students of the Choctaw Language.
In choctaw music and dance James H. Howard and Victoria Lindsay Levine discuss all aspects of the Choctaw dances and songs preformed today by Dana Troupes in Mississippi and Oklahoma.
www.choctawonline.com /Choctaw_Books.htm   (2175 words)

  
 The Flag of the Choctaw Nation
The Choctaw of Oklahoma were the first of the five "Civilized Tribes" to reluctantly accept expulsion from their native lands in what is now the southern halves of the states of Mississippi and Alabama and move to Oklahoma (ENAT, 61-63).
One theory for the evolution of the Choctaw flag is a reverence for or dependence upon the original Choctaw flag for the design of current flags.
It is possible that the variations seen in the flag of the Choctaw people has been a recognition of the vagaries of time upon fabric and an intent by the Choctaw to continue with the exact design left to them by their ancestors.
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 The Choctaw Trail of Tears
The Choctaw are a Native American tribe of Muskogean linguistic stock who used to live in what is now southeastern Mississippi and part of Alabama before being removed to less desirable lands west of the Mississippi River by aggressive treaties of the United States government in the early nineteenth century.
Choctaw origins are uncertain, but most of their origin stories involve the magnificent Choctaw mound called Nanih Waiya in what is now Winston County, Mississippi.
The Choctaw Nation was a large buffer between the United States and the Spanish and French in the Southeast and the Old Southwest.
www.thebicyclingguitarist.net /studies/trailoftears.htm   (2527 words)

  
 Constitution of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
The Choctaw nation of Oklahoma shall consist of all Choctaw Indians by blood whose names appear on the final rolls of the Choctaw Nation approved pursuant to Section 2 of the Act of April 26, 1906 (34 Stat.
Any member of the Choctaw Nation who is at least thirty (30) years of age and who possesses no less than one-quarter (1/4) degree of Choctaw Indian blood is eligible to become a candidate for the office of Chief of Assistant Chief.
The judicial authority of the Choctaw Nation shall be vested in a Tribal Court which shall consist of three (3)-member Court appointed by the Chief with the advice and consent of the Tribal Council.
thorpe.ou.edu /constitution/choctaw/index.html   (3488 words)

  
 Choctaw Casinos - About Us
Choctaw Casinos - About Us Choctaw Gaming Center is a $2-million, 1,000-seat entertainment facility located four miles south of Durant, Oklahoma, on Choctaw Road.
Choctaw Gaming Center set another standard in the gaming industry in 1989 by being the first in the gaming industry to introduce the Electrobingo handset.
Choctaw Gaming Center has maintained its commitment to providing customers with cutting-edge technology with innovative bingo equipment and gaming machines including GameTech International¹s handheld laptop, and fixed-based units as well as T.E.D. (The Electronic Dauber) handsets.
www.choctawcasinos.com /company_info.asp   (488 words)

  
 Choctaw Freight Station
Historians stressed that this building was the last example of a two-story brick freight station in the state of Arkansas, and that it was extremely rare to have adjacent surviving examples of both passenger and freight stations from the same era.
Even though the Choctaw station was on the periphery of the Library complex, it was deemed "totally impossible" to make any changes to slightly reposition the library's underground archival bunker so that the library and the station could coexist.
Together, the Choctaw passenger and freight stations could have provided a fascinating glimpse into the past, while serving the future in their new role as components of the Presidential Library.
www.trainweb.org /choctawterminal   (1231 words)

  
 Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma / Walking the Choctaw Road
Tingle has arranged these “stories from Red People memory” in chronological order, from the days when most Choctaws were still living in Mississippi, to the Trail of Tears into Okla Homma (an event that “lingers deep in the memory bank of every Choctaw”), to modern day tales of Tingle’s own family.
Truthfulness, generosity, respect for elders, and otherworldly occurrences are hallmarks of traditional Choctaw narratives.
His compilation of Choctaw folklore is a pleasure to read, from introduction to final tale.
www.okreadsok.org /sixpack/secondsixpack/choctawroad/index.html   (302 words)

  
 Choctaw Oklahoma Real Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It is from the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 that Choctaw began.
Choctaw is only 20 minutes from the largest Air Force Logistic Command system, Tinker Air Force Base, and a like distance to the largest General Motors Plant.
Oklahoma City is 20 minutes to the west, a major economic and cultural center hosting other industrial giants such as Lucent Technologies, Kerr-McGee, and FAA.
www.relocate-america.com /states/OK/cities/choctaw.htm   (377 words)

  
 ACES: Choctaw County Extension Office
The county was named after the Choctaw Indians and is bordered on the west by Mississippi and on the east by the Tombigbee River.
The Choctaw County Chamber of Commerce and Community Development Foundation also offers the AERN program (Alabama Entrepreneurial Research Network) for small business development (a partnership with the University of Alabama).
Choctaw County’s Extension office employs four people full time (two of these are Regional Extension agents), one part time person and seven agent assistants.
www.aces.edu /Choctaw   (278 words)

  
 Choctaw Indian
The Choctaw Indians' origin Myth is a fascinating one: The tribe had been travelling through rough terrain and dense forest for months, carrying the numerous bones of their dead; this task had taken its toll on the living, who grew more fatigued with each passing day of their seemingly unending journey.
The Choctaw were a Matriarchal society, which explains why they liken abundance from nature to a mother's care.
Many Choctaw died from disease, famine and attacks from white men and hostile Indians including the Comanche, during this transition, which came to be known as the "Trail of Tears".
www.choctawindian.com   (345 words)

  
 Choctaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is located in the southeastern part of Oklahoma.
The Choctaws were the first tribes to be moved to Oklahoma in 1830 on the Trail of Tears.
Culturally, the Choctaws have always honored their women as the head of every family household.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/northamerica/choctaw.html   (196 words)

  
 Choctaw Nation
The Missionaries established a good rapport with the Choctaws, and early impressed upon the Choctaws the importance and need for formal education if they were to co-exist with the white man. The Choctaw public school system was started in 1821 before removal to what became Oklahoma.
The Choctaws accepted an alien religion and code of morals, established a completely foreign educational system, adopted the constitution and legal system of an unrelated racial experience, and modified their agricultural and commercial practices to conform with a complex economic system.
There are some Choctaws who DID stay behind, living in the poorest of conditions, primarily as sharecrop farmers with no rights, whatosever.
www.rootsweb.com /~itchocta   (876 words)

  
 Native Americans of Oklahoma and their world
To provide health services to the native American population of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma City Area Office is organized into twelve Service Units: (1) Ada, (2) Claremore, (3) Clinton, (4) Lawton, (5) Pawnee, (6) Shawnee, (7) Tahlequah, (8) Talihina, (9) Wewoka, (10) Haskell, (11) Holton, and (12) Eagle Pass.
The Choctaw Nation is bounded on the east by the State of Arkansas, on the south by the Red River, on the north by the South Canadian, Canadian and Arkansas Rivers.
Choctaws For Democracy, Inc. - non-profit organization with a mission to restore a democratic process to the tribal government of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and protect the civil rights of tribal members.
www.talewins.com /OK/native.htm   (2119 words)

  
 Choctaw Nation Hospital
Located at the base of pine-covered Buffalo Mountain, with Lake Carl Albert as a backdrop, the Choctaw Nation Indian Hospital is a JCAHO-accredited facility, and the soul source of In-patient care within a 25 mile radius.
The Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority is a member of the Indian Health Services system.
Under a special memorandum of understanding between the Indian Health Service and the Choctaw Nation, physicians and other health care professionals can accept assignments at the facilities of this service unit as commissioned officers of the U.S. Public Health Service or as direct employees of the Choctaw tribe.
www.choctawnationhealth.com   (305 words)

  
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MISS CHOCTAW PAGEANT - The Miss Choctaw Pageant is a Scholarship Pageant and no entry fee is required.
WINTER BREAK - The Choctaw Nicoma Park Schools and the Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center will be closed for the Christmas Holidays.
WINTER SOLSTICE - The winter solstice is one of the two times each year that the Sun is at its farthest point from the Equator and appears to stand still.
www.choctawcity.org   (417 words)

  
 Choctaw Dictionary, Choctaw Learn, Choctaw Software - Mac, Choctaw Software - Windows, Choctaw Fonts, Choctaw Music & ...
The Choctaw Indians lived originally in southern Mississippi, but in the 1830s were forced to cede their lands to the United States Government and move to what is now Oklahoma.
This independent status continued until 1907, when Oklahoma was admitted to the Union as a state.
The Choctaw language is most closely related to Chickasaw, the two belonging to the Muskogean family.
www.worldlanguage.com /Languages/Choctaw.htm   (290 words)

  
 The Choctaw
The Choctaw are a tribe indigenous to the states of Mississippi and Alabama.
The majority of the people were Removed to Oklahoma (first Choctaw Territory, later Indian Territory, then Oklahoma) in the first Indian Removals in the early 1830s.
All three are federally recognized tribes, descended from the original Choctaw people.
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 Choctaw Casinos - Home Page
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 Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Benjamin Arvel Olsen, 84, of Calera, Oklahoma passed away Saturday, April 29, 2000 at the Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma in Durant, Oklahoma.
He was born November 3, 1915 in Cade, Oklahoma to Thomas A. and Sarah Ethel Lindsey Olsen.
He married Ruth Elizabrth Wortham on September 24, 1938 in Hugo, Oklahoma.
www.choctawnation.com /News/dsp_ObitsDetails.cfm?ObitID=980   (128 words)

  
 Choctaw Spirit Tours, Inc.
Walk in the exact footsteps of the Trail of Tears Choctaws on the traces of old roads winding through
Attend the one of a kind Choctaw Tribal Fair.
Immerse yourself in the world of the Oklahoma Choctaw during Choctaw Nation’s highly popular L
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 Choctaw, OK Houses, Apartments, Cars, Mortgage Status, and Residents Info
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