Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

by Donovin Arleigh Sprague

Book Overview

Choctaw are the largest tribe belonging to the branch of the Muskogean family that includes the Chickasaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole. According to oral history, the tribe originated from Nanih Waya, a sacred hill near present-day Noxapater, Mississippi. Nanih Waya means "productive or fruitful hill, or mountain." During one of their migrations, they carried a tree that would lean, and every day the people would travel in the direction the tree...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738541478
• ISBN13: 9780738541471
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.2"