Caddo Nation

The Caddo Tribe is primarily associated with the state of Oklahoma.

Brief Timeline
1803: ceded land in Louisiana and moved to Texas

1859: settled on a reservation near the Washita River in Indian territory - now Caddo County, Oklahoma

1865: Caddo were scouts for the U.S. Army

Additional References to the History of the Tribe and/or Bands
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Caddo Nation, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in David Bushnell's Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi.

Tribal Headquarters
Caddo Nation P. O. Box 487 Binger, OK 73009 Phone: 405.656.2344 Fax: 405.656.2892 Website: www.caddonation-nsn.gov

Agency Records
Correspondence and Census

Treaties


 * May, 13, 1833, referred to in Quapaw treaty,
 * July 1, 1835, at Caddo Agency http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/cad0432.htm
 * May 15, 1846, at Council Springs http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/com0554.htm

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, approved in 1976.
 * Caddo Nation official Web Site
 * Caddo Nation Wikipedia