Native to the Southeastern United States
In a bloody battle with Hernando DeSoto’s fortune hunting expedition in 1540
European traders who arrived in their homeland
Intermarried, converted to Christianity and adopted other white customs
Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole
200,000 strong and self sufficient, dedicated to improving the lives of its people
Mostly in Louisiana (Allen Parish); the piney woods of SW LA for more than a century
Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto
to remain in neutral areas between French, Spanish, American, and Mexican territories
maize and other crops along with hunting game
rice and crawfish farming and development of a new cattle raising program