The Chahta, or Choctaw, people originally made their home in the eastern part of Mississippi and western area of Alabama. Although hunting parties began visiting what is now southeastern Oklahoma around 1800, it was not…

The Choctaw homeland includes what is now eastern Mississippi and western Alabama. In 1825, William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, met with the Choctaw and Chickasaw to convince them to move west. With…