The Story of the Choctaw Indians: From the Past to the Present
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Overview
This book tells the story of the shared history of the three federally recognized Choctaw tribes from before the first European contact in the 1530s and then provides the history and contemporary status of each of the three tribes separately.
Rather than focusing on a single Choctaw group, this book offers for the first time a combined story of “the Choctaw” as the tribe comprises the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Jean Band of Choctaw Indians.
The first portion of the book provides the archaeological history of the native groups that ultimately became the Choctaw, chronicling the development of the people in the southeastern portions of what is now the United States into the people who encountered the first Europeans to set foot on the continent.
Though the tribe’s contact with European colonists varied depending on the country from where the colonists originated, that contact was forever changed after the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek of 1830 led to the fractionalization of the tribe: some Choctaws moved to what is now Oklahoma, some chose to remain in Mississippi, and others chose to stay in Louisiana. The remainder of the book studies the continued histories of each of the tribes in parallel, offering students and general readers a practicable resource for understanding the Choctaw within the broad context of American history.
This book tells the story of the shared history of the three federally recognized Choctaw tribes from before the first European contact in the 1530s and then provides the history and contemporary status of each of the three tribes separately.
Provides archaeological background of what is now the southeastern United States up until the time of European contact, enabling readers to recognize the depth of indigenous culture in the area
Presents a concise history of the Choctaw from European contact up to 1830, informing recognition of the interrelated histories of the Choctaw with those of the British and Americans
Analyzes the events that led up to Removal of the tribe to Indian Territory, and the far-reaching impact that the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek of 1830 had on the tribe to provide historical background on the relationship between the federal government and American Indian tribes
Offers detailed historical insight into the interactions of each of the three separate Choctaw tribes with the federal government
Collects the histories of the three federally recognized Choctaw tribes in one place so that readers can compare and contrast the pathways the different tribes took and how those paths led them to their contemporary places in American history
Series Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Timeline
1 The Deep History of the Choctaw
Early Explorers of the North American Continent
The Archaic Period
The Woodland Period
The Mississippian Period
Moundville
Lubbub Creek
Into the Colonial Era
2 Interactions with European Cultures
Ethnographic Information on the Choctaw
The Spanish Invasion
Relations with the French
Relations with the English
Conclusion
3 “A Nation Divided": Dancing Rabbit Creek and Removal
Relations with the United States
The Continental Congress and the Choctaw
The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Removal
Notable Figures
Pre-Removal Chiefs
4 New Structures: Post-Removal Choctaw Developments
Forming the Nation
The Mississippi Indians
The Choctaw and the Civil War
Subdividing the Nation: Allotment and the Aftermath
The Dawes Act
Dawes Commission
Post-Removal Choctaw
5 Survival, Self-Determination, and Constructing Modern Choctaw Nations
Termination
Choctaw Involvement in World War I
After the War
The Indian "New Deal” and Reorganization
Choctaws in World War II
After World War II
Self-Determination and Economic Development
Gaming
The Abramoff Scandal
Notable Figures
Joseph Oklahombi
Muriel H. Wright
Previous Choctaw Chiefs
Phillip Martin
Gregory Pyle
6 Choctaw in the Contemporary World
The Contemporary Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Contemporary Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Contemporary Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
Federally Recognized versus Nonfederally Recognized Tribes
Clifton-Choctaw
The Mowa
Isle de Jean Charles Band
Conclusion
Notable Figures
Clara Sue Kidwell
Current Choctaw Chiefs
Gary Batton
Phyliss J. Anderson
B. Cheryl Smith
References
Further Readings
Index
Librarians, teachers, and students of Native American history can use this book for ready reference or as a brief history, reading it cover-to-cover. As a Choctaw himself and a scholar, [author] Dr. Watkins is a good fit for this assignment.
- Title: The Story of the Choctaw Indians: From the Past to the Present
- Author: Joe Watkins
- Series: The Story of the American Indian
- Publisher: Greenwood
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 160
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBN: 9798216149590
- Resource ID: LLS:9798216149590
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T15:50:00Z