The Choctaw Indians originally lived in the southeastern United States but were removed to Oklahoma in the 1830s via the Trail of Tears. The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek forced the Choctaw onto reservations in Oklahoma. The Choctaw had distinct cultural traditions such as wood carvings, basket weaving, and circular dwellings called hogans. They traditionally wore deer skin skirts and ponchos, and the men also wore breechcloths. Children helped with chores while boys hunted and fished with their fathers and girls played with dolls.

1. By Natalie, Merecedes, Makennzie

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 The Choctaw Indians were originally from the
southeastern states of Mississippi, Louisiana, or Alabama.
 Pushmataha was the most famous Choctaw. The chief of
the Choctaws, he negotiated treaties with the United States
government and fought on the American side in the War
of 1812.
 The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830 removed the
Choctaw Indians from their land to reservations allotted
for them. The United States government had the Choctaws
moved to Oklahoma.
About the Choctaw

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Trail of tears
The Choctaw Trail of Tears was
the relocation of the Choctaw
Nation from their country
referred to now as the Deep
South to lands west of the
Mississippi River in Indian
Territory in the 1830s. A
Choctaw chief was quoted by
the Arkansas Gazette that the
removal was a "trail of tears
and death."

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 The Choctaw
women wore wrap
around skirts made
of deer skins and
woven fiber
 The Choctaw men
wore breechcloths
 Both the men and
women wore
poncho-style capes
in cold weather
Culture

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 Choctaw was famous
for there river cane
baskets and there
wooden carvings.
 When they were forced
to move to Oklahoma
the Choctaw couldn’t
get the materials they
used.
 In the past the Choctaw
lived in circular lodges
called hogans
Facts

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 The Choctaw Indians ate
corn, beans, squash, melons and
sunflower seeds.
 Choctaw Indians got there food by
farming and hunting
 Choctaw boys hunted and fished with
there father. Choctaw children helped
around the house
 Choctaw women had to be
farmers, take care of there children
and help around the house.
 Men had to hunt and sometimes went
to war to protect there families.
What they eat and how
they hunted

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 Teen age boys played toli a lacrosse- like stick ball
game. Girls played with beaded dolls
 Choctaw kids also played Chunkey, foot
ball, swimming and foot races.
Games

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