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LeFlore County is a county along the eastern border of the U.S state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census,the population was 48,129. Its county seat is Poteau. The county is part of the Fort Smith metropolitan area and the name honors a Choctaw family named LeFlore. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma is the federal district court with jurisdiction in LeFlore County.
Skullyville is an unincorporated rural community in Le Flore County,Oklahoma,United States. It is approximately one mile east of Spiro and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Fort Smith,Arkansas. The community is within the Fort Smith,Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Eagletown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McCurtain County,Oklahoma,United States. The population was 528 at the 2010 census. Located on Mountain Fork River,approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from the Oklahoma-Arkansas border,it was the first permanent Choctaw settlement in the Indian Territory,who called it o̱ssi tamaha ("Eagle"). Eagletown was an important town from 1834 to 1906,and after 1850,served as county seat for the Choctaw Nation's Eagle County. The town name was officially changed to "Eagle Town" in 1850,then changed to the present Eagletown in 1892. When Indian Territory was preparing to unite with Oklahoma Territory to form the new state of Oklahoma in 1906,Eagletown lost its county seat status and became just another unincorporated community in the new McCurtain County.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is a Native American reservation occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. At roughly 6,952,960 acres,it is the second-largest reservation in area after the Navajo,exceeding that of eight U.S. states. The seat of government is located in Durant,Oklahoma.
Allen Wright was Principal Chief of the Choctaw Republic from late 1866 to 1870. He had been ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1852 after graduating from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was very active in the Choctaw government,holding several elected positions. He has been credited with the name Oklahoma for the land that would become the state.
The Treaty of Washington City was a treaty signed on January 20,1825 between the Choctaw and the United States Government.
Apuckshunubbee was one of three principal chiefs of the Choctaw Native American tribe in the early nineteenth century,from before 1800. He led the western or Okla Falaya District of the Choctaw,of which the eastern edge ran roughly southeast from modern Winston County to Lauderdale County,then roughly southwest to Scott County,then roughly south-southeast to the western edge of Perry County. His contemporaries were Pushmataha and Moshulatubbee,who respectively led the southern district Okla Hannali and the north-eastern district Okla Tannap.
Greenwood "Green" McCurtain was an American Indian statesman and the last elected Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation,serving a total of four elected two-year terms. After 1906 and dissolution of tribal governments under the Dawes Act prior to Oklahoma's annexation and achieving statehood,McCurtain was appointed as chief by Theodore Roosevelt. He served in that capacity until his death in 1910,and was the last freely-elected Chief of the Choctaws until 1971.
Nashoba County was a political subdivision of the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory. The county formed part of the Nation’s Apukshunnubbee District,or Second District,one of three administrative super-regions in the Nation. This territory was later made part of the state of Oklahoma.
Apukshunnubbee District was one of three provinces,or districts,comprising the former Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory. Also called the Second District,it encompassed the southeastern one-third of the nation.
Moshulatubbee District was one of three provinces,or districts,comprising the former Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory. Also called the First District,it encompassed the northern one-third of the nation. In some historic records it is spelled Mushulatubbe.
Pushmataha District was one of three provinces,or districts,comprising the former Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory. Also called the Third District,it encompassed the southwestern one-third of the nation.
On the eve of the American Civil War in 1861,a significant number of Indigenous peoples of the Americas had been relocated from the Southeastern United States to Indian Territory,west of the Mississippi. The inhabitants of the eastern part of the Indian Territory,the Five Civilized Tribes,were suzerain nations with established tribal governments,well established cultures,and legal systems that allowed for slavery. Before European Contact these tribes were generally matriarchial societies,with agriculture being the primary economic pursuit. The bulk of the tribes lived in towns with planned streets,residential and public areas. The people were ruled by complex hereditary chiefdoms of varying size and complexity with high levels of military organization.
Sans Bois County was a political subdivision of the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory,prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state. The county formed part of the Nation's Moshulatubbee District,or First District,one of three administrative super-regions.
Sugar Loaf County was a political subdivision of the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory,prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state. The county formed part of the Nation's Moshulatubbee District,or First District,one of three administrative super-regions.
Gaines County was a political subdivision of the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory,prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state. The county formed part of the Nation's Moshulatubbee District,or First District,one of three administrative super-regions.
Tobucksy County was a political subdivision of the Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory,prior to Oklahoma becoming a state. It was part of the Moshulatubbee District,or First District,one of three administrative and judicial provinces.
Jane Austin McCurtain was a Choctaw teacher who served as an adviser for several chiefs of the Choctaw Nation.
Edmund McCurtain was a Choctaw politician who served as the principal chief of the Choctaw Nation from 1884 to 1886.
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- 1 2 Curtin, D. P. (1 June 2021). History of the Curtins. Ingram Content Group. pp. 73–76. ISBN 978-1-960069-39-9 . Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- 1 2 Ruth, Kent (August 7, 1983). "Choctaw Chief's Home to Be Restored". The Oklahoman . Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ↑ "List of Chiefs". Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma . Retrieved 3 November 2023.