| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024609 |
| Organization name | Choctaw indians |
| Other names | Flat Heads |
| Org type | Indian group |
| Bio notes | Sometimes known as Flat Heads, autonym Chahta. A Muskogean-speaking people originally from the Southeastern United States, and considered descendants of the Mississippian Mound Builder culture. They fought on both sides of Revolutionary War. The Choctaw were considered one of the “Five Civilized Tribes,” and signed the Hopewell Treaty (1786) with the United States to establish friendship and clarify borders. They fought against Tecumseh in his 1811 uprising and aided the US in the War of 1812. The Choctaw were forced to cede half of their original territory through the Treaty of Doak’s Stand (1820), and in 1830 ceded it altogether through the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. The Treaty split the Choctaw into two groups, as one clause provided the option of US citizenship and retention of individual land rights if people assimilated. Some Choctaw accepted the citizenship clause and stayed in Mississippi, while those who chose to retain sovereignty moved to Oklahoma along the “Trail of Tears.” |
| Citations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw;https://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/choctaw-tribe.htm |
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815
Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793
New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook
Life of Thomas Eddy
Wm. Hartshorne's Journal of Journey to Detroit 1793