CHOCTAW INDIANS

Native to the Southeastern United States

Where are the Choctaw Indians from?

In a bloody battle with Hernando DeSoto’s fortune hunting expedition in 1540

How did the first encounter with Europeans end?

European traders who arrived in their homeland

Who would the Choctaw Indians embrace over time?

Intermarried, converted to Christianity and adopted other white customs

How did the Choctaw change after the Revolutionary War?

Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole

Who were the Five Civilized Tribes?

200,000 strong and self sufficient, dedicated to improving the lives of its people

What is the Choctaw Nation like today?

COUSHATTA INDIANS

Mostly in Louisiana (Allen Parish); the piney woods of SW LA for more than a century

Where do the Coushatta live?

Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto

Who would the Coushatta encounter that would cause them to relocate?

to remain in neutral areas between French, Spanish, American, and Mexican territories

Why would the Coushatta move from place to place?

maize and other crops along with hunting game

What were some of the foods they would eat?

rice and crawfish farming and development of a new cattle raising program

What is Coushatta land used for?