List of Choctaw treaties

The most confusing aspect of treaty making was writing which was impressive for a people who had not developed a written system.

European cultural conventions require written treaties to prevent disputes about the contents of the agreement and to enable wider dissemination through copying.

The United States, following the Treaty of San Lorenzo, laid claim to Choctaw country starting in 1795.

By the early 19th century pressure from U.S. southern states, like Georgia, encouraged the procurement of Native American lands.

The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek required the Choctaws to sign away the remaining traditional homeland to the United States.