Choctaw

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians realized many of our young children are not learning Choctaw at Home. The need for a language program resulted in the establishment of the Tribal Program. The Tribal Language program was approved by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' administrative branch in 1997. Dr. Pat Kwachka was selected as the Director of the new Tribal Language Program. The program started with collecting surveys to establish where the greatest language needs were and what types of services were needed. After surveys were completed, new staff were hired and they began working with after school children for 40 minutes a day at Pearl River Elementary and Red Water Elementary.

Choctaw Language Department. New Choctaw of Oklahoma History Class! brought to you by the. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

The Choctaw language, traditionally spoken by the Native American Choctaw people of the southeastern United States, is a member of the Muskogean family. The Choctaw language was well known as a lingua franca of the frontiersmen of the early 19th Century, including eventual American Presidents Andrew Jackson and William Henry Harrison. The language is very closely related to Chickasaw and some linguists consider the two dialects of a single language, although recent reports indicate that speakers of Choctaw find Chickasaw to be unintelligible.