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Choctaw

Choctaw. Presentation By Jake M. and Adam G. Chata’ogla or Chata’. Language: Western Muskogen Before Contact: an estimated population of 20,000 in more than 100 agricultural villages Food: Corn, Squash, and Bean crops supplemented by hunting. Men and Women Roles.

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Choctaw

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  1. Choctaw Presentation By Jake M. and Adam G.

  2. Chata’ogla or Chata’ • Language: Western Muskogen • Before Contact: an estimated population of 20,000 in more than 100 agricultural villages • Food: Corn, Squash, and Bean crops supplemented by hunting

  3. Men and Women Roles • Both sexes helped with the farming • Women when needed went and gathered berries and roots • Men formed hunting parties and provided meat for their families.

  4. Religion • Primary Deity was the Sun • As well as his companion Fire • Believed in a large number of supernatural beings • Believed in Magic • alikchi, doctors, healed sickness

  5. Dances • Held in the open area in the center of the village • More social than religious in nature

  6. Creation of the Choctaw • Creation or Migration

  7. For Additional Information • Debo, Angie. 1961. The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic. University of Oklahoma Press • Reeves, Carolyn Keller. 1985. The Choctaw before Removal. University Press of Mississippi • The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, Volume One. Pages 400-406

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