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Zach Jones had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Choctaws.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2021

He had also won sizable cessions from the Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Cherokees, until the southwestern tribes had lost as many as 50 million acres by 1820.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Somehow, somewhere in Louisiana, a few Choctaws escaped and traveled south, mingling with white settlers and members of other tribes, mixing their traditions with new practices picked up on the coast.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2017

Lower courts ruled that such a connection exists between Dollar General and the Mississippi Choctaws.

From US News • Dec. 7, 2015

Before leaving Vincennes, Tecumseh informed Harrison that he was traveling south to bring the Creeks, Choctaws, and Chickasaws into the alliance.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz