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was a policy that the United States
Congress legislated in 1953 to assimilate the Native American communities with mainstream America. In 1959, the Choctaw Termination Act was passed. Unless repealed by the federal government, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma would effectively be terminated as a
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768:Mount Tabor Indian Community
764:MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians
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593:Christina M. Norris, present
588:Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
364:Jefferson Gardner, 1894-1896
352:Thompson McKinney, 1886-1888
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222:Nathaniel Folsom, 1842–1846
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247:James Fletcher, 1838-1842
244:Thomas LeFlore, 1834-1838
216:Joseph Kincaid, 1836–1838
885:List of Choctaw treaties
854:Choctaw Capitol Building
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181:Tandy Walker (1814–1877)
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269:Pierre Juzan, 1838-1841
239:Apukshunnubbee District
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261:Pushmataha District
229:Cornelius McCurtain
103:General Hummingbird
849:American Civil War
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461:Pearl River
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142:Homastubbee
137:Okla Tannip
124:Robert Cole
114:Okla Falaya
109:Sam Garland
49:Mississippi
938:Categories
910:(Oklahoma)
650:2008-05-02
541:Joe Chitto
538:Pat Chitto
96:Pushmataha
68:Pushmataha
901:Education
535:Ed Willis
465:Red Water
457:Conehatta
106:Nitakechi
45:Louisiana
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37:Choctaws
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808:Pashofa
783:Culture
776:Culture
742:Choctaw
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