The Mississippi Choctaw Indian Federation is a now-defunct organization of Choctaws and a former rival governing body of the

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians ( cho, Mississippi Chahta) is one of three federally recognized tribes of Choctaw Native Americans, and the only one in the state of Mississippi. On April 20, 1945, this tribe organized under the Indian R ...

. They opposed federal tribal recognition because of fears of dominance by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and were never federally recognized. Nevertheless, they were considered a legitimate parallel government.Osborne, Katherine, M.B.
In the Name of Justice and Fairness:The Mississippi Choctaw Indian Federation vs. the BIA, 1934
, in Cobb, Daniel M.,''Beyond Red Power:American Indian Politics and Activism Since 1900'', 2007, School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico,

History

The Federation was formed on September 27, 1934. Reverend Ed Willis was installed as the first recognized chief. The group represented 400 Choctaw and had a functioning, written constitution. The government disbanded after leaders were moved to another jurisdiction.

References

{{Choctaw Choctaw Native American history of Mississippi Unrecognized tribes in the United States