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Louisiana Indians Walking Along a Bayou by Alfred Boisseau

A Trail of Tears song: The New Jaw Bone

Featuring a poem written by a Choctaw person during their journey from the Homelands to Indian Territory along the Trail of Tears and Death. This poem, written as a song, expresses the hardships of the trail and sentiments towards leaders of the day.

Chief Batton attends Trail of Tears Walk

Each year the Choctaw Nation holds the Trail of Tears Memorial Walk to commemorate the Native American journey from their birth lands to forced removal to the Oklahoma reservation.

A small, preserved piece of the northern route of the infamous "Trail of Tears and Death."

The Treaty that Forever Changed our Chahta People’s Story

The Chief remembers the 195th Anniversary of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, a compact between the Choctaw Nation and the United States.

Remembering and Searching for “Wheelock – In song and story”

A subject of many Choctaw stories is Wheelock Female Academy, an all-girls boarding school founded in 1832 by missionary Alfred Wright that educated hundreds of Choctaw and Native girls until 1952. Wheelock was also where Choctaw girls were separated from family and the teachings, language, and culture they would have been exposed to at home.

Choctaw Resistance to Removal from Ancient Homeland (Part 1)

Having to leave ancient lands behind changed our tribe forever. Traveling to Indian Territory, later to be called Oklahoma, our ancestors faced horrific agony and tragedy. But how did it all begin?

The Choctaw Hymns

Studying the songs in our tribal hymnbook can teach us much about our relationship with the Creator, the history of our tribe and its people. Our ancient traditional songs were sung long before European arrival and Christian songs were composed and even sung on the Trail of Tears.

A Choctaw clay bowl, carried to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears (Choctaw Nation Capitol Museum).

Choctaw Resistance to Removal from Ancient Homeland (Part 4)

A few personal items still exist that managed to make the trip with our ancestors to Indian Territory, such as clay bowls which were made from the beloved Mississippi earth. Generations later, the involvement and connection to ancient traditions and culture remains a high priority in the tribe.