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Copper had a variety of uses by many tribes on the North American continent. Choctaws were one of these tribes, although it is not natural to us.
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The first written Choctaw Constitution was ratified on August 5, 1826, and largely reflected the Choctaw Nation's priorities and responses to the world around it at that time.
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When opened in Durant in 2021, it fulfilled a dream carried quietly but powerfully through generations of a place where Choctaw history, language and culture could be practiced and protected.
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The CNO Historic Preservation Department has been partnering with the Branly and with other Tribes to document, study and connect this collection with culturally affiliated Tribal communities since 2017.
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A brief history of the Pineywoods Cattle, a breed of cattle used by Choctaw people for over 200 years. Choctaw people adapted the word "wak" from the Spanish word for cow, "vaca."
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One of the most impressive parts of the collection, a part that has not yet come to Oklahoma, is the arrows. The Branly has 115 arrows from the Southeast and Central U.S. that date to the 1700s.
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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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