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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