Choctaw

Getting a great education is essential in making sure that you have your future set up correctly. Getting a degree in whatever area is your strong suit, is a great first step. You want to make sure that your education is going to give you the correct tools to use later on in your life. Christopher Manning of Cape Cod got his degree in Economics from the great University of Oklahoma. He now runs his own hospitality business in Cape Cod, and is quite successful at it. The University of Oklahoma…

As children we 've seen Disney movies such as Pocahontas which is based on Europeans coming to America looking for gold in a land already inhabited by Native Americans. Conflict automatically arises between the two groups seen in one scene where both are singing “Savages” about the other group in which the Indians are referred to as “heathens” and the European’s as “pale faced demons”. Though towards the end their conflicts are settled and the Natives are left to live in peace. Which completely…

dysentery, cholera and, starvation, these were all epidemics along the way. In this removal nearly 125,000 Native American Indians were forced to leave their ancestral lands that they had cultivated for generations. It included tribes such as the Choctaw, removed in 1831, was the first ejected and became the model for the removal. The Seminole were the second removed in 1832, the Creek in 1834, and then the Chickasaw in 1837 and, finally the Cherokee in 1838, these tribes collectively were…

In chapter nine of Main Street Oklahoma: Stories of twentieth Century America, the chapter explains the many economic efforts that were put in to assisting the Five Tribes during the Great Depression. The Office of Indian Affairs implemented many programs designed to assist and provide jobs to Native American men and women, but the Office of Indian Affairs ended up not adequately addressing the needs of Native Americans under while under their control, but it also showed the poor and serious…

I’m committed, and have begun dispelling the myths I frequently hear from people upon learning that I’m a tribal member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. I hold meaningful conversations by educating people on the facts in an effort to eliminate racial stereotypes. The first mythical stereotype I’m presented with is “most real American Indians live on reservations”, which is false…

During the 1860 election, Abraham Lincoln has been elected for the presidency which has resulted in the secession of the state of Mississippi. There was some opposition to whether seceding was the right choice to make within the state of Mississippi because it would eventually result in a war. The state of Mississippi was unsure if they should wait on other Southern states to secede from the Union or start the movement themselves. With Mississippi being aware that they would not be able to stop…

1. Based upon your reading of Remini, The Battle of New Orleans, explain the factors that allowed the Americans to defeat the British in the battle. The War of 1812 was first started because the British decided to block American shipping. This insulted the Americans pride, especially the Navy. It was a war that should have been avoided because the Council had repealed the orders two days before. The British burned American seaports and ravaged the half constructed capital of Washington. Our…

In the nineteenth-century the expansion of the United States was revolutionized. The desire for land would soar with the invention of the cotton gin and the idea of the Manifest Destiny. The topic of territorial expansion and the effects it would have on the nation as a whole was a heated political topic. Not only would it internally divide the nation but the desire would also spark a war with Mexico and a treaty with the British. During the 1800s, key legislation was made resulting in or from…

Removal Act shows the extent at which the goal was forgotten. Established under the Jackson administration in 1830, the Indian Removal Act enacted the government 's financial aid in the uprooting of the “Five civilized tribes”- Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole. Previously, tribes like the Cherokee attempted to assimilate to the Western life by forming schools, and even adopted the nation’s government model. The government believed that the Indian Removal was a way of saving…

was to be the driving force of Americans that would eventually lead to the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Cherokee Nation would be under constant threat. Keeping a wary eye of any encroachment by their near neighbors; The Shawnees, The Creeks, The Choctaws and Chickasaws and now a new force, The…