Episodes Located: CHOCTAW, Mississippi in the 1850's

  1. The Loss of a Culture
    date May 3, 1855map CHOCTAW, Mississippitags Migration/Transportation, Native-Americans, Race-Relations

    Many Native American tribes, including the Choctaws of Mississippi, struggled with their identity as a people during the nineteenth century. As white America expanded west, the lives of these peoples began to be transformed forever. Many Native Americans abandoned their heritage in the pressing tide. They replaced the traditions of their ancestors with many economic, social and political practices...