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of Indians occupying the country west of Arkansas and Missouri, and recognized them as their wards, subject to all the right, privileges and immunities, titles and guarantees with each of said nation and tribes under treaties made with them by the United States of America; and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians having each assented thereto, upon certain terms and conditions; ...
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Some Choctaws identified with the Confederacy and a few held enslaved people. In addition, they well remembered and resented the Indian removals from 30 years earlier and poor service they received from the federal government. The main reason the Choctaw Nation agreed to sign the treaty, however, was
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The Congress of the Confederate States of America, having by "An act for the protection of certain Indian tribes," approved the twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, offered to assume and accept the protectorate of the several nations and tribes
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From about 1865 to 1918, Mississippi Choctaws were largely ignored by governmental, health, and educational services and fell into obscurity. In the aftermath of the Civil War, their issues were pushed aside in the struggle between defeated Confederates, freedmen, and Union sympathizers. The
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Confederacy's loss was also the Choctaw Nation's loss. The Choctaw Nation, in what would be Oklahoma, kept slavery until 1866. After the Civil War, they were required by treaty with the United States to free the slaves within their nation. Former slaves of the Choctaw Nation were called the
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Commissioners of the Chickasaw Nation: Edmund Pickens, Holmes Colbert, James Gamble, Joel Kemp, William Kemp, Winchester Colbert, Henry C. Colbert, James N. McLish, Martin W. Allen, John M. Johnson, Samuel Colbert, A. Alexander, Wilson Frazier, C. Columbus, Ashalatobbe, John E. Anderson.
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Commissioners of the Choctaw Nation: R.M. Jones, Sampson Folsom, Forbis Leflore, Geo. W. Harkins, jr., Allen Wright, Alfred Wade, Coleman Cole, James Riley, Rufus Folsom, William B. Pitchlynn, McKee King, William King, John P. Turnbull, William Bryant.
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Confederate citizens may not pasture stock on Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations. Confederate citizens may peaceable pass thru Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations, and the Choctaws and Chickasaws have the same privileges in the Confederate
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If Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee desire to become part of the Confederate States of America, then their countries maybe annexed to become part of the Choctaw and Chickasaw confederate state
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Allen Wright was one of the Commissioners for the Choctaw Nation. Wright, a scholar who compiled a Choctaw dictionary, is credited with creating the state name Red People or Oklahoma.
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But, , as soon as the Confederate troops had entered our country, at once abandoned us and the fort; ... By this act the United States abandoned the Choctaws and Chickasaws.
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Acts of Congress of the United States will be continued by the Confederate States, provide the common defense and welfare, district court shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
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Confederate citizens trying to settle Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations forfeit protection of the Confederate States and maybe uncruelly punished by said nations
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Indians in the leased area shall be subject to Confederacy laws until they are capable of self-government or subjected to Choctaw and Chickasaw laws.
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was appointed as Confederate envoy to Native Americans. In this capacity he negotiated several treaties, one of the most important being with
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Choctaw and Chickasaw country may be admitted as a state when they elect to do so and become citizens in the Confederate States of America
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Choctaws and Chickasaws are entitled to one representative in the House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America
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Tush-ca-hom-ma district shall have the same admiralty jurisdiction as other district courts of the Confederate States.
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Creation of a Confederate States district court called Tush-ca-hom-ma to carry out the provisions of this treaty.
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was a commissioner for the Chickasaw Nation. Colbert developed the Chickasaw Nation's constitution in the 1850s.
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At the beginning of the American Civil War, Pike was appointed as Confederate envoy to the Native Americans.
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Choctaws and Chickasaws can take, hold and pass, purchase or descent lands in any of the Confederate States
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Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations may incorporate and determine who may be citizens of their respective nation
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No state or territory laws of the Confederacy will be passed for the Choctaws and Chickasaws governments
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Choctaw and Chickasaw nations to give full assent to the provisions of the act of the Confederacy
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Intruders in Choctaw or Chickasaw nations subjected to removal by the nations or the Confederacy
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The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America
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Return of criminals between Choctaw/Chickasaw Nations and Confederate State of America.
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Movement and settlement rights, voting rights, and prosecution in each nations courts.
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Confederacy solemnly guarantees the lands held by the Choctaws and Chickasaws forever
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Legal assistance, intrusion prevention, and removal of dangerous or improper persons
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Trials for offenses in nation will be held in Confederate States district court.
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The treaty had 64 terms. The following abbreviated terms of the treaty were:
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Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
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Offenses committed before the signing of the treaty will not be prosecuted.
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1861 treaty between the Confederate States and the Choctaws and Chickasaws
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Choctaw and Chickasaw nations have unrestricted right of self-government
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United States laws removed that regulated Choctaw or Chickasaw selling
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Land sales proceeds belong to members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
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Protection from other domestic strife, white or Indian hostilities
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Confederacy waterways are free to Choctaw and Chickasaw nations.
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Licensed traders approved by National Council and trading taxed
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Property thief and recovery and payments for property not found
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Confederacy signs treaties with Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes
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Julius Folsom, September 5, 1891, letter to H. B. Cushman
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http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpi18
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Confederacy right of way for railroads, telegraph lines
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No Settlements or farms near forts, posts, or agencies
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List of treaties of the Confederate States of America
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Confederacy renews leased area from the United States
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Commissioner of the Confederate States: Albert Pike
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Safe passage for Choctaws through Chickasaw district
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Choctaw
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American Civil War
Albert Pike
Cherokee
John Ross


Holmes Colbert
Choctaw Freedmen
List of Choctaw Treaties
List of treaties of the Confederate States of America
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpi18
"Chapter 2 A Small Gallery of Notable People"
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ISBN
0-687-18793-1
"1885 Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen Admitted To Citizenship"
The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America
Communication From the Secretary of War
Confederacy signs treaties with Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes

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