Indigenous Peoples of Mississippi

The word Mississippi comes from and Indian word meaning "Father of Waters"

Tribes and Bands of Mississippi
The following list of American Indians who have lived in Washington has been compiled from Hodge's Handbook of American Indians... and from Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.

Choctaw, Choula, Grigra, Houma, Ibitoupa, Koasati, Koroa, Mississippi Band Choctaw, Mactobi, Natchez, Ofo or Ofogoula, Okelousa, Pascagoula, Pensacola, Quapaw, Taposa, Tiou, Tunica, Yazoo

Mississippi Band of Choctaw

Reservations

 * Choctaw Reservation:
 * Mississippi Choctaw: State, under jurisdiction of Choctaw Agency, Tribe: Choctaw

Reference


 * Isaacs, Katherine M., editor. Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume11 Appendices. Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E, Indian Reservations, Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.

Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

 * Chickasaw Agency
 * Choctaw Agency, 421 Powell, Philadelphia, MS 39350

Reference


 * Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1180: Historical Sketches. Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc., 1974.

Family History Library

 * Superintendent of Indian Trade Choctaw Trading House records 1803-1924  T 500 Family History Library 1st film of 6: 1025085

See Also:
Mississippi - History for a calendar including dates of importance to American Indians

Mississippi - Military  for a list of forts