Choctaw
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The Choctaw (Choctaw: Chahta Choctaw pronunciation: [tʃahtá(ʔ)]) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States, historically based in what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are enrolled primarily in three federally recognized tribes: the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, th
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| Total population | |
| Approximately 214,884 total 212,000 (Nation of Oklahoma 2023) 11,000 (Mississippi Band 2020) 284 (Jena Band 2011) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama) | |
| Languages | |
| American English, Choctaw | |
| Religion | |
| Protestant, Roman Catholic, formerly Indigenous religion, including Southeastern Ceremonial Complex | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chickasaw, Muscogee, Natchez, Alabama, Koasati, and Seminole |
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- Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands
- Native American people in the American Revolution
- Choctaw
- Muskogean tribes
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- Native American tribes in Alabama
- Native American history of Alabama
- Native American tribes in Oklahoma
- Native American tribes in Louisiana
- Native American tribes in Mississippi
- South Appalachian Mississippian culture
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