Choctaw: Quick Facts

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Oct. 1, 2026

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Painting by Karl Bodmer showing a Choctaw encampment with several people gathered under simple wooden shelters beside the Mississippi River, surrounded by trees.

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Indigenous peoples of the American Southeast Cherokee Seminole Muscogee Chickasaw Natchez Caddo Catawba Chitimacha Calusa Apalachee

Key People

Pushmataha.

Pushmataha

American Indian chief