Natchez Indians

Natchez? I thought they were all gone! Who were they? Where are they now? How many are left? What are they doing? Those are the many questions presented today about the little known tribe of the Mississippi valley. In my paper I will introduce to you the history of the Natchez people and what happen to them when the first European arrived in their region. The Natchez (W-nahk' chee or Nah'-chee) once lived in the …

…vilized Tribes, and Indian Removal: The Emigration of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians pg 100) Portion of tribal lands to individual Indians, which paved the way for Oklahoma statehood, began in the 1890s; some of the land was also opened to white homesteaders, held in trust by the federal government, or agreed to freed slaves. It was originally agreed that tribal governments would be dissolved in 1906, but they continue to exist in a limited form.