Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Government Organization
Established	April 20, 1945 (Indian Reorganization Act)
Tribal Headquarters	Choctaw, Neshoba County, Mississippi
Communities	List Bogue Chitto, Mississippi Bogue Homa, Mississippi Conehatta, Mississippi Henning, Tennessee Pearl River, Mississippi Redwater, Mississippi Standing Pine, Mississippi Tucker, Mississippi
Government
• Tribal Chief	Cyrus Ben
Population  (2021)
• Total	11,100
Religions	Roman Catholicism, Baptism (denomination), Methodism, Traditional beliefs
Website	www.choctaw.org

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (Choctaw: Mississippi Chahta) is one of three federally recognized tribes of Choctaw people, and the only one in the state of Mississippi. On April 20, 1945, this tribe was organized under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Their reservation included lands in Neshoba, Leake, Newton, Scott, Jones, Attala, Kemper, and Winston counties. The Mississippi Choctaw regained stewardship of their mother mound, Nanih Waiya mounds and cave in 2008. The Mississippi Band of Choctaw have declared August 18 as a tribal holiday to celebrate their regaining control of the sacred site. The other two Choctaw groups are the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the third largest tribe in the United States, and the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, located in Louisiana.