The Choctaw were one of the largest tribes belonging to the southern Muskhogean branch. Historically, nearly all the Choctaw towns were in the southeastern part of Mississippi, though they also ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the third-largest tribe in the country with more than 225,000 members, is about a two-hour drive from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in Southeast ...

Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton said his government began funding the affordable rental housing projects in 2019. Over that ...

the Choctaw were the first to walk the Trail of Tears out to Oklahoma. But a few thousand remained behind, hiding in the swamps and pine barrens of the Alabama-Tombigbee watershed. They were ...

Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals' application of the top court's ruling to the Choctaw Nation and the remaining Five Tribes in a 2021 decision. Currently, tribal members in the ...

The Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw nations filed the joint motions Wednesday in federal lawsuits based in Tulsa and Muskogee federal courts. The motions ask judges for permission to join separate ...

Since then, tribes nationwide, including the Choctaw Nation, have made enormous strides in running their judicial systems. "That's the ability to govern ourselves, but also it gives us the ability ...