Choctaw
Real Estate Program
.About the
Program
The Tribal Real Estate Program provides land leases in coordinating
land use activities to tribal members and to other entities. The
land leases provided are agricultural, house sites, trailer sites,
individual businesses, Tribal entity businesses rights of way, and
Tribal administrative sites. Real estate also provides vehicle affidavit
services to Tribal members that reside on Tribal land. A land lease
is provided with a survey plat and description. A field survey is
conducted to collect data and recordation for the lease.
The Real Estate office also rents and mainntains 35 housing units
under the Rental Program and provides renovation/replacement services
under the Home Improvement Program to eligible applicants.
.Services
- Administers all Real Estate operations, land-related
documents, trust lands and rental units
- Oversees all Tribal land activities, land leases and
rights of way, state income tax exclusion documents and assists
with standard bill of sale for homes
- Handles all land-related documents, housing applications
and affidavits for automobile tags
- Provides maintenance on Tribal rental properties, specifically
housing quarters once known as BIA Government quarters
- Oversees the Home Improvement Program
- Records all land documents free of charge when documents
are brought to the offices
Phone/Address/Hours
- (601) 650-7301, 650-7315, 650-7300
- Natural Resource Building
P.O. Box 6021
Philadelphia, MS 39350
- Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m. to
4:30 p.m.
.Choctaw
Home Improvement Program
Services/Phone
- Oversees home improvement applications
- Provides repairs, renovations and/or replacement of substandard
homes to qualified applicants
- (601) 650-7301
.Choctaw GIS Natural
Resources Program
 The
Choctaw Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computerized system
designed to efficiently capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze
and display all forms of geographically referenced information. Any
object or feature on the surface of the earth that occupies space
has coordinates and can be included and described in a GIS. GIS is
a general purpose tool with many applications. Some of them are:
- Land Registration System
- Environmental Databases
- Utility Systems
- Topographic Databases
- Computerized Description of Transportation Networks
- Automated Mapping
- Resource Management
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians developed
a GIS system in 1992 as a pilot study of the MBCI Natural Resource
Department to provide effective information. The preliminary equipment
and technical assistance were financed through a grant by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs. In 1994, the Tribe hired a full-time GIS Coordinator.
At that time, all of the GIS work was done via telephone using the
hardware and software in Denver, Colorado. In 1995, the Tribe invested
in its own GIS system. For an example of the type of maps the GIS
provides, click here.
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