= Chikasaw = '''Chikasaw''' (alt. ''Chikashsha'', ''Chickasaw'') was a [[UnitedStates/NativeAmericanNations|Native American nation]]. <> ---- == History == The Chikasaw nation was a decentralized network of tribes and villages. [[WorldHistory/BritishEmpire|British]] traders intermarried and became influential statesmen. '''Levi Colbert''' was the son of one such marriage and became a prominent chief. [[UnitedStates/ThomasJefferson|Jefferson]] encouraged debt among the tribe, then coerced debtors to sell land. By [[UnitedStates/AndrewJackson|Jackson's]] term, Chikasaw territory was reduced to a stretch in Alabama and Mississippi. The Chikasaw nation purchased land from the removed [[UnitedStates/Choctaw|Choctaws]] in 1837 and sold their territory east of the Mississippi in the '''Treaty of Pontotoc'''. Those that refused removal were taken into concentration camps and then taken by boat to [[UnitedStates/Memphis|Memphis]], then marched across Arkansas. The food they were forced to purchase was rotten, molded, infested, and to a large degree was simply never delivered. The Chikasaw people settled in Washita Valley. They faced raids from the [[UnitedStates/Shawnee|Shawnee]], '''Kickapoo''', '''Kiowa''', and '''Comache'''. '''Fort Washita''' was constructed to aid in their defense. The Chikasaw joined with the Confederacy during the [[UnitedStates/Democratization#Civil_War|Civil War]]. Tribal lands were confiscated in the aftermath. There is no federally recognized tribe. ---- CategoryRicottone CategoryState