The Rev. Olin Williams officiates the Choctaw wedding ceremony for Orion and Yesenia Bockover (via Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Halito am akana! This blog is here to celebrate and teach about choctaw culture. It is also to be used as a resource for Choctaw (Chata) people.
If you would like to submit something to Choctaw Nation please click here.
Yakoke!
Resources
Language:
-Choctaw Language Lessons with Yannash Scott (scroll down to videono. 7)
-OK Choctaw Language Resource
Traditional Food:
-Recipies from Oklahoma Choctaw
Choctaw Culture:
-Choctaw Nation Cultural Services
Choctaw Things To Buy:
-Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Store
-Chahta Anumpa Aiikhvna Store
-First CD of Choctaw Dance Social Songs
-Choctaw Silverworks
-Books About Choctaw History and Culture
-Choctaw Dream Weaver
Choctaw Social Networks:
-Facebook: Choctaw Natives
-Facebook: Pacific Northwest Chahta
Tribal Websites:
-Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
-Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Genealogy:
-Basic Research Information
-How to Search the Dawes Commission Rolls
-CDIB & Tribal Membership: Frequently Requested Information
-Genealogy Research Websites
-Five Tribes Dawes Rolls
-Five Ways to Find Your Ancestors
-Interior Provides Information to Native Americans Tracing Their Ancestry
-My Choctaw Family: The James Hudson Family Website
- Mississippi Choctaw Genealogy: Researching African American Families Among the Mississippi Choctaw
-Oklahoma Choctaw Genealogy Forum
• Ask me anything
• Submit
Orion tries to catch Yesenia as part of the Choctaw wedding (via Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Dancers form a circle around wedding couple Orion and Yesenia Bockover in the Wedding Dance (via Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Bradley Gaskin is the chunkey winner. He successfully threw his pole through the hole in the disc (via Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Arron Wilkins gets ready to roll the disc in a game of chunkey or ‘achahpi’. The boys prepare to chase it and will try to throw their pole through the hole (via Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Ryan Spring leads the “yellow” stickball team into the circle (via Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
