573. Robert Caldwell on the Choctaw tribe.

573. Today, Robert Caldwell returns to discuss the history of the Choctaw Tribe. He has written a recent article on the subject: “Choctaw Frontier: Incursions and settlement in Northwest
Louisiana and East Texas, 1760-1836,” North Louisiana History
Fall 2020. Robert is a Visiting Assistant
Professor of American Studies at Brown University and Native
American and Indigenous Studies at Hampshire College. Robert  is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw-Apache Community
of Ebarb Louisiana. His first book, Choctaw-Apache Foodways
received an award from the Louisiana Folklife Commission, and he
was named culture bearer. He is co-founder of the HoMinti
Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching his
tribe’s traditional culture. He enjoys playing Kabutcha Toli
(southeastern stickball) and is honored to be a guest in
Haudenosaunee lands.



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