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    The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (Choctaw: Chahta Okla) is a Native American reservation occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States...
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    Nation of Oklahoma, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and Jena Band of Choctaw Indians in Louisiana. The Choctaw autonym is Chahta. Choctaw is an anglization...
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    Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The tribal headquarters and casino are located in the southeastern part of the state in Durant, Oklahoma, and the Choctaw...
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    Choctaw Casinos & Resorts is a chain of seven Native American casinos and hotels located in Oklahoma, owned and operated by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma...
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    Formerly part of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory, this county was reorganized and redefined in 1907, at the time of Oklahoma statehood. According...
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    related language to Choctaw. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma published the New Choctaw dictionary in 2016. There are three dialects of Choctaw (Mithun 1999):...
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    tribes: the largest, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians in Louisiana. After ceding...
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    The Choctaw code talkers were a group of Choctaw Indians from Oklahoma who pioneered the use of Native American languages as military code during World...
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    Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States, four miles east of Clayton. It was the former seat of the Choctaw Nation government prior to Oklahoma statehood. The...
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    Durant, the Choctaw Casino Resort, Choctaw Casino Bingo and Fort Washita. Major employers in the region include the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the headquarters...
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    in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 18,589 in the 2020 census. It serves as the capital of the Choctaw Nation, and is the largest...
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    the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in southeastern Oklahoma, approximately 9 miles (14 km) north of the Texas state...
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    point of settlement. At the time of its founding, the site was located in Tobucksy County, a part of the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation. Alyssia...
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    Choctaw Country is the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation's official tourism designation for Southeastern Oklahoma. The name was previously...
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    "tah-luh-HEE-nuh") is a town in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, United States, its name originating from two Choctaw words, tully and hena, meaning "iron road,"...
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  • celebrate their regaining control of the sacred site. The other two Choctaw groups are the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the third largest tribe in the United...
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    ghost town, located in present-day Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was founded between 1824 and 1831, by people of the Choctaw Indian tribe who were forced to...
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    dissolution of the Choctaw Nation government to extinguish land claims, and incorporation of the territory into the new state of Oklahoma. Tribal members...
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    Tribes, along with the Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee, and Seminole nations, due to their agrarian culture and later adoption of centralized governments with...
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  • Choctaw Nation may refer to: the Choctaw people, an indigenous ethnic group of the Southeastern Woodlands of North America Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma...
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    Gary Batton (category Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma people)
    administrator and politician, the current and 47th Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. It is the third-largest federally recognized tribe and second-largest...
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    federal period of the history of the United States to the five major Native American nations in the Southeast: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek)...
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    began the process of re-locating the Choctaw people from Mississippi to Oklahoma in 1830. The name "Atoka" is derived from the Choctaw word hitoka (or hetoka)...
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    Arkansas River. In 1834, the Choctaw Nation petitioned the U.S. War Department to construct a fort that would stop the flow of alcohol and other illegal...
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  • County of the Apukshunnubbee District, one of three administrative super-regions comprising the Choctaw Nation. During the 1920s and 1930s, prime lumber...
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    is a town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 510 at the 2010 census, a 15.1 percent decline from the figure of 611 recorded...
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  • to the western portions of the Indian Territory and formed their own separate nation on land transferred to them by the Choctaw. Boggy Depot was located...
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    "Little Italy." Krebs was founded before Oklahoma statehood as a coal-mining town in the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory. A post office was established...
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    settlement was located in Skullyville County, a part of the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation. Will Hartshorne began operating a small coal mine...
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    the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation. The arrival of the Choctaw Coal and Railway (later the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, subsequently...
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