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    Historical Map Research: Continuing collaborations with the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

    Through a collaboration with the Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac in Paris, France, we have analyzed historical French maps of the Choctaw homeland. Many of these maps were created in France using records by French explorers, who in turn, got their information from Choctaw people.

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    Allies of the French: Continuing collaborations with the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

    France and Choctaw Nation were allies through some of the most significant years of the colonial period. In 1724, the leaders of French-allied Tribes were invited to travel to France on a diplomatic mission to meet with King Louis XV. For unknown reasons, Choctaw leaders declined the invitation.

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    The Buffalo are coming to the Choctaw Cultural Center

    A rare gem of Choctaw culture and land is located right next to the Choctaw Cultural Center in Calera, Oklahoma. It's 100 acres of native tallgrass prairie. In the near future, Cultural Services will be bringing a small herd of bison out to live on the Choctaw Cultural Center prairie to help us maintain it.

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    Indigenous Alabama: Digital Resources for Research

    People usually think of the Choctaw homeland as being Mississippi. That's not wrong, but many chapters of Choctaw history were written a little farther to the east, in what is now Alabama.

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    The History of Choctaws in Texas

    Many Choctaw people who moved to East Texas were looking for a peaceful way of life where they could continue to live freely, without the pressures of colonization. However, the first Choctaw encounters in the region were not marked by peace, but by violence.

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    The Choctaw Powwow

    This vibrant gathering is more than a showcase of dance and song; it is a living expression of Native American heritage and community.

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    Culture on the Prairie

    Oktak, the prairie landscape, carries deep cultural and ecological significance for many Indigenous communities, especially the Choctaw. Through cultural memory and ecological intimacy, the prairie reveals a landscape alive with spirit and transformation.

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