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Chahta

New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Jackson. The Choctaw held most of central and southern Mississippi until the 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.

Zone
Sun Standard Time, UTC−6
Biggest city
New Orleans
Sun highest
12:00 on the clock in New Orleans, all year
People
about 5.6 million
Covers roughly
Louisiana, central and south Mississippi
Named for
Choctaw, Chitimacha, Houma, Natchez
Meaning
the Choctaw name for themselves

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