Listed below are various resources for the Choctaw language. I currently work on the Choctaw language for my research, and I am a learner of the language. I am an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. You can see my great-grandfather, Noah Frazier, listed on the Dawes Roll here.
A few things I've made:
1. Wordle in Choctaw: play here!
If you love playing Wordle in English, I made a Choctaw version named Anumple
2. Translated children's books
List and pdfs of children's books that have been translated from English into Choctaw with the assistance of the Los Angeles Choctaw Language community class
Made by others:
1. Chahta Foundation
Tedx talk
2. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Online language lessons
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Book store
Biskinik newspaper (video) (archives)
3. Mississippi Band of Choctaws
Language learning resources (be sure to check out the puppet skits!)
Choctaw Tribal Elders Oral History Project (videos of elders)
4. Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
Language classes (scroll to bottom of page)
5. Dictionaries
A. Wright
B. Byington (pdf)(Cho-Eng lookup website)
C. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (pdf)
6. Grammars/Learning materials
A. Byington's Grammar
B. Byington's English and Choctaw Definer
C. Wright's Choctaw Spelling Book
D. Wright's Choctaw Instructor
E. Wright's Choctaw Arithmetic
F. Haag & Willis Choctaw Language and Culture: Chahta Anumpa, Volume 1
G. Haag & Willis' Choctaw Language and Culture: Chahta Anumpa, Volume 2
H. Broadwell's Grammar
I. Memrise
J. Chahta Anumpa ya Anumpa Ikbi: Making Choctaw Sentences, Book 1 (LeRoy Sealy, George Ann Gregory)
7. Religious texts (in Choctaw)
A book of questions on the Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Mark
The Book of Genesis (Chapters 37-50)
The Books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
Choctaw hymn book
The books of Joshua, Judges and Ruth
The book of Psalms
The New Testament
Shorter Catechism
A Catechism of the Catholic Religion
8. Texts about culture (in English)
Indian tribes of the lower Mississippi Valley and adjacent coast of the Gulf of Mexico (John R. Swanton)
Source material for the social and ceremonial life of the Choctaw Indians (John R. Swanton)
Also see Tim Tingle's work
Ancient Choctaw Burial Practice (from Iti Fabʋssa)
9. Museums
Gilcrease Museum
Sam Noble
10. Linguistic Articles (by no means a comprehensive list)
A. Broadwell, George Aaron. 2017. Parallel affix blocks in Choctaw. In Muller, ¨ Stefan (Ed.), Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 103–119. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications.
(pdf)
B. McCarthy, John J. and Lombardi, Linda, "Prosodic circumscription in Choctaw morphology" (1991). Phonology. 8. (pdf)
A few things I've made:
1. Wordle in Choctaw: play here!
If you love playing Wordle in English, I made a Choctaw version named Anumple
2. Translated children's books
List and pdfs of children's books that have been translated from English into Choctaw with the assistance of the Los Angeles Choctaw Language community class
Made by others:
1. Chahta Foundation
Tedx talk
2. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Online language lessons
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Book store
Biskinik newspaper (video) (archives)
3. Mississippi Band of Choctaws
Language learning resources (be sure to check out the puppet skits!)
Choctaw Tribal Elders Oral History Project (videos of elders)
4. Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
Language classes (scroll to bottom of page)
5. Dictionaries
A. Wright
B. Byington (pdf)(Cho-Eng lookup website)
C. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (pdf)
6. Grammars/Learning materials
A. Byington's Grammar
B. Byington's English and Choctaw Definer
C. Wright's Choctaw Spelling Book
D. Wright's Choctaw Instructor
E. Wright's Choctaw Arithmetic
F. Haag & Willis Choctaw Language and Culture: Chahta Anumpa, Volume 1
G. Haag & Willis' Choctaw Language and Culture: Chahta Anumpa, Volume 2
H. Broadwell's Grammar
I. Memrise
J. Chahta Anumpa ya Anumpa Ikbi: Making Choctaw Sentences, Book 1 (LeRoy Sealy, George Ann Gregory)
7. Religious texts (in Choctaw)
A book of questions on the Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Mark
The Book of Genesis (Chapters 37-50)
The Books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
Choctaw hymn book
The books of Joshua, Judges and Ruth
The book of Psalms
The New Testament
Shorter Catechism
A Catechism of the Catholic Religion
8. Texts about culture (in English)
Indian tribes of the lower Mississippi Valley and adjacent coast of the Gulf of Mexico (John R. Swanton)
Source material for the social and ceremonial life of the Choctaw Indians (John R. Swanton)
Also see Tim Tingle's work
Ancient Choctaw Burial Practice (from Iti Fabʋssa)
9. Museums
Gilcrease Museum
Sam Noble
10. Linguistic Articles (by no means a comprehensive list)
A. Broadwell, George Aaron. 2017. Parallel affix blocks in Choctaw. In Muller, ¨ Stefan (Ed.), Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 103–119. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications.
(pdf)
B. McCarthy, John J. and Lombardi, Linda, "Prosodic circumscription in Choctaw morphology" (1991). Phonology. 8. (pdf)