Apukshunnubbee District

They were originally intended to be homelands for settlers from the three major clans or divisions of the Choctaw comprising the nation.

The districts’ importance in the political life of the nation, which earlier had reflected geographic settlement and development, waned over time.

Included in the Apukshunnubbee District were the Choctaw Nation counties of Bok Tuklo, Cedar, Eagle, Nashoba, Red River, Towson and Wade.

[1]: 151–154 As Oklahoma’s statehood loomed, the Apukshunnubbee District, and its constituent counties, slowly wound down their governmental functions.

The territory of the former Apukshunnubbee District is incorporated principally into the present-day Oklahoma counties of Choctaw, Le Flore, McCurtain, and Pushmataha.