Choctaw Indian Bands, Gens and Clans

Many tribes have sub-tribes, bands, gens, clans and phratry.  Often very little information is known or they no longer exist.  We have included them here to provide more information about the tribes.

Boguechito (big bayou) . A Choctaw band formerly residing in Neshoba co., Miss., in a district known by the same name. Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., i, 108, 1884.

Chito (large [people]). A Choctaw gens of the Watakihulata phratry. Morgan, Anc. Soc., 182, 1878.

Chufaniksa (Chu-fan-ik′sa, beloved people) . A Choctaw clan of the Watakihulata phratry. Morgan, Anc. Soc., 162, 1878.

Iskulani (small [people). A Choctaw clan of the Watakihulata phratry. Morgan, Anc. Soc., 162, 1878.

Indian Tribes North of Mexico |  Indian Bands, Gens, & Clans

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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906