Mortuary Practices and Afterlife of the Choctaw

Choctaw is prosperous in fertile sand, red clay, undulating hills, and lush woods in central central Mississippi and the central mountains of the eastern part. The estimated population after the initial exposure in Europe was 15,000 to 20,000, the second largest Indian group in the southeast (Blitz 1988: 127). Choctaw in the southeast is a maternal society. Traditionally, women do work related to family life. These include making pottery and dishes, preparing food, planting and harvesting crops.

It is believed that Choctaw's people merged in the 17th century and may have come from people living in the culture of Alabama and Plachem. Their culture has been developing in the southeast. Choctaw flattened his head as a ceremonial decoration of people, but this approach ceased to be obtained from support. Some of their communities, including Spain, France, British people have extensive trade and interaction with Europeans. After the establishment of the United States the settlers started entering the southeast, Choctaw was one of five civilized tribes, and they took some measures. They turned into self-employed methods and accepted European Americans and African Americans in their society. In the midst of summer, Choctaw Indians in Mississippi celebrate the traditional culture at Choctaw India Expo, including ball games, dancing, cooking, entertainment.

In the 19th century Choctau used many American neighbors by European Americans, so it was classified as one of the "five civilization tribes". Choctaw and the United States of America (United States) agreed to nine treaties. In the past three years, the United States received a lot of land felling; they moved most of the Choctaw west of the Mississippi River to the territory of India and driven it from home for forced evacuation. Choctau is the first American indigenous people forced to emigrate under the Indian expulsion law. Choctaw was exiled because America wanted to use its resources and sell it to European Americans for settlement and agricultural development. Some American leaders believe that Choctaw is saving from extinction by reducing the conflict between the two people. Choctaw negotiated the largest area and the ideal land in Indian territory. They appointed Choctoo representatives who represent them to the US government in Washington, DC

The Oklahoma Territory was organized from the west side of Indian territory in 1889, the Choctaw Government broke up in 1906 and made them Oklahoma citizens. Today Choctaw is two prosperous autonomous states in Mississippi and Oklahoma. They survived the influence of federal policy and maintained the perception of their language, customs and cultural community. As of 2001, Choctaw Nation based in Durant, Oklahoma, had a total population of 148,976 people. It has diverse economies, employing many tribal members in tribal management business. The most famous industries in Choctaw Nation are agriculture and livestock industry, forestry, gambling, construction, fishery, manufacturing and tourism. The tribal government was rebuilt in 1983 and is based on the form of a tribal committee consisting of a director and a representative of twelve people. Unlike most reservations, unemployment and health care is a big ongoing problem