SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - The Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw have a rich history in South Mississippi. "Around 1200, the Choctaws started filtering into South Mississippi," said Choctaw member Rolling ...

BATON ROUGE, La., March 8 -- The Jena Band of the Choctaw Tribe pushed ahead Friday with plans for a gambling casino in Louisiana, although their lawyer said they would have to look outside a proposed ...

PASS CHRISTIAN, MS (WLOX) - The Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw tribe invited the public out to experience the third annual ceremonial fire in Pass Christian. “It started out with a Waltman ceremony, and ...

WHEN Mr. Charles Dickens first visited this country, he met upon a steamboat on the Ohio River a noted Choctaw chief, with whom he had the pleasure of a long conversation. In the " American Notes ” we ...

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. -- When Mississippi Choctaws fretted that building a $750 million casino resort in a dirt-poor section of Mississippi was a gamble, Chief Phillip Martin reminded them of how a ...

— Byron Ireland scored 15 points to lead Nicholls to a 79-35 victory over Mississippi College on Monday night. — Daniel Batcho scored 38 points as Louisiana Tech beat Mississippi College 105-67 on ...

Writer Fergus M. Bordewich takes us on an absorbing journey onto a thriving reservation, where the tiny Choctaw Nation (8,000 members) has transformed itself from a stagnant welfare culture to a ...

Ryan Coogler's film, "Sinners," opens with a powerful scene featuring Mississippi Choctaws, emphasizing authenticity through local casting and cultural accuracy.The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians ...

In rural Neshoba County, Miss., once one of the country's most economically depressed areas, a Native-American tribe has proven to be a powerful catalyst for growth. As NPR's Debbie Elliott reports, ...