Rise Of The Mississippi Band Of Choctaw Indians

For the next seventy years, the mass of the Choctaws that had remained in Mississippi were incapable to experience the settlement of land or citizenship in Mississippi because they were expelled and disenfranchised By the 1960s, the Choctaw tribe of Mississippi found themselves in extreme poverty, lack of education, poor housing and high unemployment. Mississippi at the time was to be considered one of the poorest states. The rise of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians came after World War II. Civil rights and more legislation took place; this helped the Choctaw Indians to start to rise. The elimination of segregation, legal rights to minorities, and centralized programs for the Indians had been put in place (Wood). Some of the legislations

The foundation that helped the rise of the Choctaws of Mississippi was slowly taking root. Many organizations were becoming established by the Tribal Council, which helped in the success of the Choctaws. Seven board members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaws governed the Chata Development Company, which was charged with economic development on the reservation. This company ended up being very self- efficient in running and maintain its business. In 1974, the firm Wilbur Smith and associates had devised a plan for the tribe. This plan brought forth growth and a means to pay for it. This also bright forth in 1970 the Manpower program, this was designed to help train the Choctaws with much needed skills in the working field. Although, the tribe was working and establishing themselves within their tribe, they did gain some outside resources. The tribe today still uses some outside resources (Wood). In order for all this to take place within the tribe and to have a strong leader to help lead them, they would need to vote one in. The leadership had was established when Phillip Martian

To date, the reservation of the Choctaw Indians of Mississippi consist of 35,000 acres that cover over 10 counties, and with 10,000 thousand members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. From dire poverty to economically standings the Mississippi Choctaws are proof that no matter the situation you can strive for better tomorrow. Tribal sovereignty has seemed to rage since the time of the great effort for their lands. Since this time there has been frenzy over how much tribal sovereignty a tribe should have. Sovereignty, territory, children, and kinship are critical for the survival of the