Transcript Choctaw Oral History

We are Chahta
Choctaw Artifacts
Nvnih Waiya
Echospace.org
Nvnih Waiya Cave
Gritsandsoul.blogspot.com
Creation of the Black Belt Prairie
Asclepias viridis
Silphium tet
Liatris aspera
mississippientomologicalmuseum.org
Creation of the Black Belt Prairie
American Mastodon
Nan ishtpela
smithsonianmag.com
Chukka (House)
National Anthropological Archives
Bushnell 1909
Chahta Ohoyo Im Isht Ahalaia
(Choctaw Women’s Responsibilities)
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Life-givers
Foundation of the community
Home-owners
Agricultural producers
Domestic activities
Bushnell 1909
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Chahta Lukfi Nan Isht Toba
(Choctaw Pottery)
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Ohoyo Osh Chishba
naturemappingfoundation.org
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia 24450
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Tapushik
(River Cane Basket)
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Council House Museum
National Museum of the American Indian
National Museum of the American Indian
Emerson's Magazine 1857 NO Mkt
Museum of the Red River
Ilefoka (Clothing)
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Chahta Hattak Im Isht Ahalaia
(Choctaw Men’s Responsibilities)
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Hunting
Protecting the community
Playing Stickball
Interacting with other groups
Doing heaviest work
Serving as orators/historians
Bushnell 1909
Uski hlumpa (Blowgun)
Shomo naki (Dart)
Tapena (War Club)
Uski bashbo (Cane knife)
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Iti tanampo (Bow)
Uski naki (Arrow)
Issi Owvtta
(Deer Hunts)
De Bry 1591
Ruby Bolding 2011
Du Pratz 1758
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Chahta Ishtaboli
(Choctaw Stickball)
“Tullock-chish-ko, Drinks the Juice of
the Stone”
George Catlin 1834-1835
Mosholeika
(to put out)
Choctaw Stickball Player
George Catlin 1834
Hobachit Ikbi
(Colonization)
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Spanish, French, English, United States
Thousands of Choctaw died from disease and war
Land base reduced by 99.84%
Ecosystem destruction
Choctaw family and governmental
structures altered
• Tribe fragmented
• Language, people, and traditional
knowledge marginalized
Hererra y Tordesilla 1615)
Tvnvp
(Warfare)
De Bry 1591
Yakni Awehli
(The Taking of Land)
After DeRosier 1970:29
Nishkin Okchi Í Hinoshi
(Trail of Tears)
Bossieu 1847
Hobachit Ikbi
(Assimilation)
National Anthropological Archives
Gast 1872
Falvmmint Ishi
(Recovery)
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A reassertion of sovereignty and self-determination
Development of Tribal social programs
Culture camps
Language classes
Tribal fairs
Revival of Choctaw Stomp Dance
Revival of Choctaw Pottery
Revival of Stickball
Southeastern Native Seed Bank
Rehabilitation of Mississippi
canebrakes
• Recovery of Nvnih Waiya