Choctaw Dances

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, illustrates some of the traditional activities that connect the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to their past. Activities include traditional dances, the use of traditional instruments such as the Choctaw drum and dance sticks, and participation in games like stickball.

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[Temujin64]

Although I'm in no way claiming to be of Choctaw ancestry, I have a great respect for that tribe, they raised money for my ancestors during the great famine, here in Ireland.

[adburgett23]

I just found out recently that my great-great grandmother was full-blooded Choctaw...so amazing!

[sintilusa]

@ knapper2000. The Choctaws in Oklahoma have a ground in Tushkahomma. The Green Corn has yet to be celebrated as it is small and not many "members." We hope one day to be able to do this as we bring the traditions back to the Choctaw.

[knapper2000]

Does the Choctaw Nation still have ceremonial grounds that perform the Green Corn Ceremonies with fasting and purification with a medicine man. The Muscogee Creek Nation still does and I was just curious if the Choctaw Nation did.

[txinjun]

HALITO, NICE VID, GOOD INFO.

[rainbowaon]

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[crowhorse]

@ssgduke56 What was wrong with being a Okie?

[epsig801]

kvtahosh chahta anumpla hinla ikana? 

[ssgduke56]

@adburgett23 My Grandmother was half Choctaw! My Grandmother lived in Oklahoma until the Great Depression and Dust Bowl hit. Like the movie Grapes of Wraths moved to California! We did not know our heritage until we were in our teens! Back in the 1960s it was a no no mixing races! And our parents worried about the backlish of not only being Native American but also our Father being a Okie! Now we are proud of your mixed heritage.