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
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Several tribal nations have also opted in, including the Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and Otoe-Missouria Tribe.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The Creek and Choctaw people both refer to it as the mulberry moon, while the Cree call it the frog moon.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
Elsewhere in the film, the Irish vampire Remmick, pursued by Choctaw vampire hunters, tricks his way into the protection of a pair of Klan members living near Clarksdale and turns them into creatures of the night.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
Coogler also keeps a keen eye on the region’s ethnic mix, foregrounding Choctaw residents and a couple of Chinese descent, Bo (Yao) and Grace (Li Jun Li), who run a grocery.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The Creek and Choctaw people both refer to it as the mulberry moon, while the Cree call it the frog moon.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
Elsewhere in the film, the Irish vampire Remmick, pursued by Choctaw vampire hunters, tricks his way into the protection of a pair of Klan members living near Clarksdale and turns them into creatures of the night.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
Coogler also keeps a keen eye on the region’s ethnic mix, foregrounding Choctaw residents and a couple of Chinese descent, Bo (Yao) and Grace (Li Jun Li), who run a grocery.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
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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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