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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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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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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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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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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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Learn how Principal Chief Harry Belvin's "Choctaw-Chickasaw Labor Day Meet" slowly evolved into our modern Labor Day Festival.
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The completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 marked the end of overland stage routes for long-distance mail delivery. While the Butterfield Trail ceased to function as a national thoroughfare, segments of it remained in use for years afterward.
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