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The Choctaw Nation was temporarily discontinued in 1906 with the advent of Oklahoma statehood. Choctaw Nation "token" government. Chiefs were appointed by the U.S. President after U. S. Congress stripped recognition of the Choctaw national government. Green McCurtain, 1906-1910, appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt
Gary Dale Batton (born December 15, 1966) is a tribal administrator and politician, the current and 47th Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. It is the third-largest federally recognized tribe and second-largest reservation in total area. Batton was appointed as Chief on April 28, 2014, upon Chief Gregory E. Pyle's retirement.
The current Chief of the Choctaw Nation is Gary Batton, and the current Assistant Chief is Jack Austin, Jr. The Chief's birthday (Batton's is December 15) is a tribal holiday. In 2021, the tribal council instituted October 16 as Choctaw Flag Day , a holiday to celebrate the adoption of the Choctaw Nation Seal on October 16, 1860.
Greenwood LeFlore or Greenwood Le Fleur (June 3, 1800 – August 31, 1865) served as the elected Principal Chief of the Choctaw in 1830 before removal. Before that, the nation was governed by three district chiefs and a council of chiefs. A wealthy and regionally influential Choctaw of mixed-race, who belonged to the Choctaw elite due to his ...
Choctaw chief, Allen Wright, suggested Oklahoma (red man, a portmanteau of the Choctaw words okla "man" and humma "red") as the name of a territory created from Indian Territory in 1890. The improved transportation afforded by the railroads increased the pressure on the Choctaw Nation.
Sep. 4—CHOCTAW NATION — Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton echoed the words of a prominent chief of the southeast Oklahoma tribal nation during his annual State of the Nation. "My destiny is ...
Pushmataha. Pushmataha ( c. 1764 – December 24, 1824; also spelled Pooshawattaha, Pooshamallaha, or Poosha Matthaw) was one of the three regional chiefs of the major divisions of the Choctaw in the 19th century. Many historians considered him the "greatest of all Choctaw chiefs". [2] Pushmataha was highly regarded among Native Americans ...
Allen Wright ( Choctaw: Kiliahote) (born November 1826 – December 2, 1885) was Principal Chief of the Choctaw Republic from late 1866 to 1870. He had been ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1852 after graduating from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was very active in the Choctaw government, holding several elected positions.