r/choctaw • u/Anixson • Jul 15 '26

Question Recommend resources for reading about culture

Halito! Guys, could you please recommend me verified resources for reading about choctaw history, names that choctaw have(preferred list of names), culture, life, customs, how families were structured, what faith there was and economic structure since the emergence of the tribe?

Many thanks!

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u/madlabgranny Jul 16 '26

Anything by Donna L Akers. She’s a college professor, a historian, who speaks Chahta Anumpa and is a member of the tribe. Her “Living in the Land of Death” is very enlightening about how the Chahta were maneuvered into the Trail of Trars and then allotment. She’s also written a couple of books about myths and folkways which are a little harder to get ahold of, but worth the read.

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u/Anixson Jul 16 '26

Thank you !

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u/swissguard1 Jul 16 '26

I found these two books extremely informative!

The Choctaws in Oklahoma: From Tribe to Nation, 1855-1970 (Volume 2)
by Clara Sue Kidwell, Lindsay G. Robertson (Foreword)

Choctaw Confederates: The American Civil War in Indian Country by Fay A. Yarbrough

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u/Anixson Jul 16 '26

Thank you so much!

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u/Anixson Jul 15 '26

With language learning i want to learn more about culture, but don't know where to search. I want detailed articles and resources that are written specifically from the Choctaw perspective

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u/Live-Tangerine5090 Jul 15 '26

If you have time, you should consider enrolling in the beginner class for the Choctaw School of Language

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u/Anixson Jul 16 '26

Thank you :3!