Choctaw History
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old temple
Before 1500
The Choctaw thrived on an agricultural based Economy
Desoto
1540
Conquistador DeSoto makes first
major European contact with the Choctaws

1690-1723
About 500 Choctaws sold as Slaves
1702
Choctaws and Chickasaws make peace

1776
The 13 Colonies declare Independence
Mississippi
1830
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
1817
Mississippi becomes a state
Removal to Oklahoma
1831-1903
Removal Years
1861
Mississippi Secedes from the Union
1861-65
Civil War
Choctaw Family
1897
A Party of Choctaws consider removal to Mexico
1906
End of Tribal Government
Choctaw Group
1910
1,253 Choctaws left in the State of Mississippi
1918
Choctaw Language used as code in World War I
1920
Choctaw Land Acquisition
program begins
1923
Committee of One-Hundred
surveyed the Indian stituation
1934
Indian Reorganization Act established
1935
Choctaws of Mississippi voted
to accept the provisions
of the Indian Reorganization Act
1939
An Act authorized Secretary of Interior to declare trust land for the Mississippi Choctaws
Tribal Seal
1945
Constitution and By-Laws of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians was approved by the Secretary of the Interior
1949
Emmett York was elected Chairman of Tribal Council
1959
Phillip Martin elected as Chairman
Meeting 1962
Chairman Phillip Martin said, "We are trying to get industry here so that more of our people can be employed..."
CCHS first graduates 1964
Choctaw Central High School's first graduating Class
1971
Tribe completed what would become an 80 acre industrial park
Chata Enterprise 1979
Chata Enterprise was established as a supplier for Packard Electric
1981
Choctaw Museum of the Southern Indian opened its doors
1988
Congress enacted the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA)
Silver Star Casino 1994
The Silver Star Hotel and Casino Opens

2007
Beasley Denson takes the oath of office and becomes Tribal Miko ( Choctaw for Chief ).The third leader of the Tribe since the adoption of the modern Constitution.

Golden Moon Casino

2000
The Pearl River Resort Opens

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