Nation
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians · mississippi band of choctaw · ChahtaMississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Not yet reviewed by this nation. What follows comes from public records and research. It does not speak for the nation.
- Official name
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- Mississippi
In the record
One court case turned on its rights: Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
This nation carries the history of Choctaw in the treaty record.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
Each name shows where it comes from. A nation’s own name is shown as the nation writes it.
Self-names
- ChahtaChoctaw
Official names
Land recorded as ceded
This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:
- Treaty or agreement36 million
- Treaty under documented pressure5 million
- Removal treaty11 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
12 cessions. Follow Choctaw through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Land recorded in this nation’s name 12, matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Land of the Choctaw in Mississippi, ceded 1801 (area 43)1801
- Land of the Choctaw in Alabama and Mississippi, ceded 1802 (area 46)1802
- Land of the Choctaw in Alabama and Mississippi, ceded 1805 (area 61)1805
- Land of the Choctaw in Alabama, ceded 1830 (area 157)1805
- Reservation of the Choctaw in Alabama (area 62)1805
- Land of the Choctaw in Alabama and Mississippi, ceded 1816 (area 82)1816
- Land of the Choctaw in Arkansas, ceded 1825 (area 122)1820
- Land of the Choctaw in Mississippi, ceded 1820 (area 115)1820
- Land of the Choctaw in Alabama and Mississippi, ceded 1830 (area 156)1830
- Land of the Chickasaw and Choctaw in Oklahoma, ceded 1866 (area 485)1855
- Land of the Chickasaw and Choctaw in Oklahoma, recorded 1855 (area 367)1855
- Land of the Chickasaw and Choctaw in Oklahoma, recorded 1855 (area 368)1855
Carries the treaty history of 1
Named in 1
Sources
- choctaw.org/unclassified
We, the Mississippi Choctaw, take great pride in our history and culture
- choctaw.org/about-us/unclassified
Our traditions are alive and belong to the Chahta people
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
Research notes
Name as printed in cases-seed.
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