ChOcTaWBraxton Reese

ChOcTaW InDiAnS

WHERE DID THEY LIVE?They lived in the

Southern Mississippi and southwestern Alabama.

FOOD/HUNTING TechniquesCorn, beans and

pumpkins, green corn fruit, and nuts and some plants. The Choctaw children helped plant and gather them.

Choctaw men were hunters and sometimes went to war to protect their families.

SHELTERThe houses were a

cluster of houses made from wood frames covered in mud. The roofs were grass or cane and reeds.

GOVERNMENTThe Choctaw

Indians were the first to exchange their land with the U.S. government.

RELIGIONThe Choctaw

maintain a faith in supernatural forces linking humans and other creatures.

RITUALS/CEREMONIESGreen corn

ceremony - ceremony of thanksgiving that occurred during summer.

Head flattening - attach a board to male infants’ head

Fire rituals - A priest would light a now fire symbolizing a new year.

UNIQUE FACTSThey were know

mound builders.

population was 12,000, they lived in present-day Sumter, Choctaw and Washington counties.