Choctaw
noun
Choc·taw
ˈchäk-(ˌ)tȯ 
1
plural Choctaw or Choctaws
: a member of a nation of Indigenous peoples originally of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana
2
: the language of the Choctaw people
Examples of Choctaw in a Sentence
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The team has hosted the game once before in 1995 at The Ballpark In Arlington, later renamed to Globe Life Park and is now Choctaw Stadium.
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Madison Sikes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2024
Val’s quest to uncover the truth wins an ally among the neighboring Choctaw Tribal Police but soon collides with old secrets and the tragic and deadly history of the land itself.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 June 2024
In 1909, two girls – one white and one Choctaw – subsist in the woods after fleeing abuse.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
An obituary published by the family said Benedict, a descendant of the Choctaw Nation, loved nature and cats, particularly their pet Zeus.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
With the exception of a few tracts recently acquired from the Choctaw and the Kaskaskia, the United States could not claim even the territory along the Mississippi’s east bank.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Located at 1200 Nolan Ryan Expressway, across the street from Choctaw Stadium, One Rangers Way residents will live within walking distance of AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Field and Texas Live!
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2024
Cox is Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican from Wisconsin, but her character is Choctaw, a tribal nation that has a reservation in Oklahoma.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
In its final act, Echo also takes more time with some key conversations, most notably one between Maya and Chula (Tantoo Cardinal), her estranged grandmother, that connects the dots between the frequent, unexplained visions both experience of their female Choctaw ancestors.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2024
Madison Sikes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2024
Val’s quest to uncover the truth wins an ally among the neighboring Choctaw Tribal Police but soon collides with old secrets and the tragic and deadly history of the land itself.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 June 2024
In 1909, two girls – one white and one Choctaw – subsist in the woods after fleeing abuse.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
An obituary published by the family said Benedict, a descendant of the Choctaw Nation, loved nature and cats, particularly their pet Zeus.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
With the exception of a few tracts recently acquired from the Choctaw and the Kaskaskia, the United States could not claim even the territory along the Mississippi’s east bank.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Located at 1200 Nolan Ryan Expressway, across the street from Choctaw Stadium, One Rangers Way residents will live within walking distance of AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Field and Texas Live!
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2024
Cox is Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican from Wisconsin, but her character is Choctaw, a tribal nation that has a reservation in Oklahoma.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
In its final act, Echo also takes more time with some key conversations, most notably one between Maya and Chula (Tantoo Cardinal), her estranged grandmother, that connects the dots between the frequent, unexplained visions both experience of their female Choctaw ancestors.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2024
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Choctaw
noun
Choc·taw
ˈchäk-ˌtȯ
plural Choctaw or Choctaws
: a member of an Indigenous people originally of Mississippi and Alabama
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: their language
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