Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Association have sent U.S. Secretary of Interior Burgum a letter seeking Choctaw freedmen treaty rights protection.

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of ...

And census records of MOWA Choctaw descendants during this time don't seem to know how to classify them, either, listing them as everything from Indian and Black to Cajun or white.

It’s a small part in a big movie, but for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, their scene in “Sinners” is a huge deal. The horror movie blockbuster, starring Michael B. Jordan as a ...

CHOCTAW, Miss. (AP) — It’s a small part in a big movie, but for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, their scene in "Sinners" is a huge deal.

Ryan Coogler's film, "Sinners," is achieving one of the most successful theatrical releases in recent history, with eight members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians contributing to its success ...

DURANT, Okla. (KTEN) — As Memorial Day weekend approaches, the Choctaw Nation is placing a spotlight on the tribe's contribution to one of the most notable wars in American history.

Under the command of a black man named Garson and a Choctaw chief ... commander of U.S. military forces "in the Creek nation," to destroy the fort and "restore the stolen negroes and property to ...

CHOCTAW, Miss. (AP) — It's a small part in a big movie, but for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, their scene in "Sinners" is a huge deal.

CHOCTAW, Miss. (AP) — It's a small part in a big movie, but for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, their scene in "Sinners" is a huge deal.