Notable Tribal Members
- Marcus Amerman (b. 1959), bead, glass, and performance artist
- Michael Burrage (b. 1950), former U.S. District Judge
- Steve Burrage (b. 1952), Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector
- Choctaw Code Talkers, World War I veterans
- Clarence Carnes (1927–1988), Alcatraz inmate
- Tobias William Frazier, Sr. (1892–1975), Choctaw code talker
- Samantha Crain (b. 1986), singer/songwriter, musician
- Kalyn Free, attorney
- Rosella Hightower (1920–2008), prima ballerina
- Phil Lucas (1942–2007), filmmaker
- Green McCurtain (d. 1910), Chief from 1902–1910
- Cal McLish (1925–2010), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Devon A. Mihesuah (b. 1957), author, editor, historian
- Joseph Oklahombi (1895-1960), Choctaw code talker
- Peter Pitchlynn (1806–1881), Chief from 1860–1866
- Gregory E. Pyle (b. 1949), current Chief of the Choctaw Nation
- Wallis Willis, composer and Choctaw freedman
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“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
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