DURANT, Oklahoma (KXII) - The Choctaw Nation is kicking off Native American Heritage Month with ... “Not only Choctaws but across Indian Country.” It’s also a way to heal.

you don’t look Indian,’ and, ‘Oh, you don’t really look Native American.’” Young is of mixed Choctaw and Irish descent—one of her great-grandmothers married an Irish settler—but ...

This area was home to the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chicasaw and Seminole nations. These Indian nations ... Jackson's attitude toward Native Americans was paternalistic and patronizing -- he ...

Seattle-based Colby Wilkens, 31, claims she is a “white/Native and queer” writer of Choctaw and Cherokee ... “We found this person has no American Indian ancestry,” Lianna Costantino ...

Race and Representation: Euro-American Depictions of Native Americans and Their ... played today and remains a vital part of Choctaw culture. The World Series of Stickball takes place at the annual ...

The number of Americans who identify at least partially as American Indian or Alaska Native grew from 5.2 million ... followed by Choctaw, with 255,000.