Tribe Information
The MBCI, with an enrolled membership of 9,660, is the only federally recognized tribe in the State of Mississippi. The Tribe provides a range of government services for its members including schools, a hospital, medical clinics, police and fire protection, courts, an elderly care center and many others. The Choctaw Indian Reservation contains some 35,000 acres (140 km2) of tribal lands situated in ten different Mississippi counties. This land is held in trust for the benefit of the Choctaw Tribe by the federal government. The Tribe has eight officially recognized Choctaw Indian communities. The names of these sites are Pearl River, Red Water, Bogue Chitto, Crystal Ridge, Standing Pine, Tucker, Conehatta, and Bogue Homa. Pearl River, located in Neshoba, is the largest Choctaw Indian community, and is the site of Tribal government headquarters, as well as Pearl River Resort.
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