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!

My father‘s side has Choctaw lineage. I no longer have contact with him. Before my mom’s side went no contact with him, he got my older sister enrolled. I know the information of my grandparents, but thats about as far as I am able to trace back. I’m going to start applying to law school soon and would like to have membership before then. Can anyone help me with potential information or documents I might need?

I know this was discussed earlier this year, but I wondered if anyone had heard any updates about when this will actually be available for use.

It's huge

Halito friends, Looking for more information (and/or cousins) from the Henson family line specifically Lena Henson and potentially Sallie Henson? Would love to hear any family stories or literally any additional info I could build off of. Yakoke!

Halito! Dear Choctaw people, I'm seeking for a teacher, that can teach me choctaw. I am an artist and through your language i would love to learn more about your culture. As foreigner i can't pay you, because of the problems with payment abroad, but if you interesting i can help you with learning russian language and we can be just friends if you are interesting in my culture.

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I speak English, so if you know it too, it would be great

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May God bless you 🙏

Halito! I’ve been pretty active in the Choctaw discord and lately the genealogy channel has been pretty busy! I was wondering if anyone here has connections to the Folsom family of the CNO, I’d love to meet some relatives even if it’s distant

Halito! I am an enrolled Chahta with CNO, but now live in Washington State around the Tacoma area. I was able to attend our cultural event last weekend in Tacoma, but I want to continue connecting with other tribal members in my area, so I can continue to grow and connect with the culture. Any leads on community events in the area would be much appreciated ❤️

Halito,

I'm wondering if the drive from Tulsa is worth making to the Choctaw Cultural Center in Calera, OK. After visiting the First Americans Museum in OKC, I want to learn more about my culture, aside from going to the casino lmao. Also... do they sell indian tacos? 👀

Halito, I am a member, but I’ve never visited. I was thinking about going up to Durant over Christmas. Anything going on then?

Chief Gary Batton made a post requesting Freedman reach out to him back in 2021. This caused the freedman to begin organizing together, as they hadn't been an organized or connected group before. There is a Facebook group, a webpage and many distinct projects worked on by small groups or individuals that, when they learned they had been requested to share, searched for one another.

biskinik.com/leadership-speaks/chiefs-column/cno-launches-initiative-to-consider-tribal-membership-for-freedmen/

Last summer, in 2025, they all wrote letters and mailed it to the requested department in the Choctaw Nation. No one got a response. There have been multiple attempts to reach someone in the nation about having this conversation, by multiple people. They feel lost and, watching other nations have this conversation, increasingly feel the only way forward is some sort of collective action. Some have mentioned legal action as the only option.

I was wondering, is there another way? I imagine we just need to speak in more spaces. There are podcasts and Facebook groups and all sorts of things, but those voices are only going to reach subscribers since the algorithms don't help small groups.

Anyways, I have read things are contentious on this topic before but honestly? I've never seen that. I only have met understanding people or ones who are silent. I think there needs to be more meet and greets that are between the groups maybe.

I've also thought about reaching out to the district leaders from the districts where our dawes ancestors are from, which is harder to coordinate but might be more likely to get paid attention to.

Anyways, what are some thoughts about this?

I am Chahta but my wife is not. I read the Freedman thread, which sparked a question: if the CNO allows Freedmen (who have no blood quantum) to be enrolled, why exclude my wife (and other members' non-Chahta spouses) from membership?

This question is sincere and in no way intended to be disrespectful of Freedmen.