The Choctaw Nation marked the 50th anniversary of the Indian Self-Determination Act, acknowledging its impact on tribal ...

The Choctaw and Creek nations were the ... traveled by land and water to reach the Indian Territory in Oklahoma. The Trail of ...

Despite making efforts to assimilate into American culture and even fighting alongside Americans in the War of 1812, when the 1830 Indian Removal Act passed, the Choctaw were the first to walk the ...

The Choctaw Cultural Center at the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma features exhibits ... permanent exhibit and tells the story of the Trail of Tears through two families. The Oklahoma exhibit teaches ...

In 1847, during the dark heart of what the Irish call An Gorta Mor, The Great Hunger, the Choctaw Nation—or what was left of it at the end of the Trail of Tears in Oklahoma—sent $170 to ...

In 1847, the Choctaw nation of Oklahoma made a donation of ... being forced from their native lands - known as the Trail of Tears. Thousands of people died from starvation, cold and disease ...

For thousands of years, and long before Europeans came to America, the Choctaw Nation was a tribe of farmers that lived in what is now the Southeastern United States, specifically in the ...