Story of the Choctaw Indians

Joe E. Watkins (Choctaw), PhD, is author of Indigenous Archaeology: American Indian Values and Scientific Perspectives and Sacred Sites and Repatriation and coauthor of The Anthropology Graduate's Guide: From Student to a Career.

• Series ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionTimeline1 The Deep History of the ChoctawEarly Explorers of the North American ContinentThe Archaic PeriodThe Woodland PeriodThe Mississippian PeriodMoundvilleLubbub CreekInto the Colonial Era2 Interactions with European CulturesEthnographic Information on the ChoctawThe Spanish InvasionRelations with the FrenchRelations with the EnglishConclusion3 "A Nation Divided": Dancing Rabbit Creek and RemovalRelations with the United StatesThe Continental Congress and the ChoctawThe Treaty of Dancing Rabbit CreekRemovalNotable FiguresPre-Removal Chiefs4 New Structures: Post-Removal Choctaw DevelopmentsForming the NationThe Mississippi IndiansThe Choctaw and the Civil WarSubdividing the Nation: Allotment and the AftermathThe Dawes ActDawes CommissionPost-Removal Choctaw5 Survival, Self-Determination, and Constructing Modern Choctaw NationsTerminationChoctaw Involvement in World War IAfter the WarThe Indian "New Deal" and ReorganizationChoctaws in World War IIAfter World War IISelf-Determination and Economic DevelopmentGamingThe Abramoff ScandalNotable FiguresJoseph OklahombiMuriel H. WrightPrevious Choctaw ChiefsPhillip MartinGregory Pyle6 Choctaw in the Contemporary WorldThe Contemporary Choctaw Nation of OklahomaContemporary Mississippi Band of Choctaw IndiansContemporary Jena Band of Choctaw IndiansFederally Recognized versus Nonfederally Recognized TribesClifton-ChoctawThe MowaIsle de Jean Charles BandConclusionNotable FiguresClara Sue KidwellCurrent Choctaw ChiefsGary BattonPhyliss J. AndersonB. Cheryl SmithReferencesFurther ReadingsIndex

Librarians, teachers, and students of Native American history can use this book for ready reference or as a brief history, reading it cover-to-cover. As a Choctaw himself and a scholar, [author] Dr. Watkins is a good fit for this assignment.