Choctaw Oral History
Ryan L. Spring, Historic Preservation Dept.
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
We are ChahtaChoctaw Artifacts
Nvnih Waiya
Echospace.org
Nvnih Waiya Cave
Gritsandsoul.blogspot.com
Creation of the Black Belt Prairie
mississippientomologicalmuseum.orgLiatris aspera
Asclepias viridis
Silphium tet
Creation of the Black Belt Prairie
American Mastodon Nan ishtpela
smithsonianmag.com
Chukka (House)
National Anthropological Archives Bushnell
1909
Chahta Ohoyo Im Isht Ahalaia(Choctaw Women’s Responsibilities)
• Life-givers• Foundation of the community• Home-owners• Agricultural producers• Domestic activities
Bushnell 1909
Chahta Lukfi Nan Isht Toba (Choctaw Pottery)
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Ohoyo Osh Chishba
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia 24450
naturemappingfoundation.org
Tapushik(River Cane Basket)
Emerson's Magazine 1857 NO MktMuseum of the Red River
National Museum of the American Indian
National Museum of the American IndianChoctaw Nation of Oklahoma Council House Museum
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Ilefoka (Clothing)
Chahta Hattak Im Isht Ahalaia(Choctaw Men’s Responsibilities)
• Hunting• Protecting the community• Playing Stickball• Interacting with other groups• Doing heaviest work • Serving as orators/historians
Bushnell 1909
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Uski hlumpa (Blowgun) Shomo naki (Dart)
Tapena (War Club) Uski bashbo (Cane knife)
Issi Owvtta(Deer Hunts)
De Bry 1591
Ruby Bolding 2011
Du Pratz 1758
Chahta Ishtaboli(Choctaw Stickball)
“Tullock-chish-ko, Drinks the Juice of the Stone”
George Catlin 1834-1835
Choctaw Stickball Player George Catlin 1834
Mosholeika(to put out)
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Hobachit Ikbi(Colonization)
• Spanish, French, English, United States• Thousands of Choctaw died from disease and war• Land base reduced by 99.84%• Ecosystem destruction• Choctaw family and governmental structures altered• Tribe fragmented• Language, people, and traditional
knowledge marginalized
Hererra y Tordesilla 1615)
Tvnvp (Warfare)
De Bry 1591
Yakni Awehli (The Taking of Land)
After DeRosier 1970:29
Nishkin Okchi Í Hinoshi (Trail of Tears)
Bossieu 1847
Hobachit Ikbi (Assimilation)
Gast 1872
National Anthropological Archives
Falvmmint Ishi (Recovery)
• A reassertion of sovereignty and self-determination• Development of Tribal social programs• Culture camps• Language classes• Tribal fairs• Revival of Choctaw Stomp Dance• Revival of Choctaw Pottery• Revival of Stickball• Southeastern Native Seed Bank• Rehabilitation of Mississippi
canebrakes• Recovery of Nvnih Waiya
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