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In the Southeast, tribes such as the Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws, and Chickasaws occupied wide territories beyond the limits of white occupation and held the balance of power among the British, French, and Spanish empires.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

In the 1830s, there were five groups of American Indians living in the Southeast: the Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

It's the second track bought by a group affiliated with Global Gaming Solutions LLC, which is owned by the Chickasaws.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2011

Most of the fur-trading tribes �the Winnebagos, Cherokees, Chickasaws and Sioux�were in perpetual hock to him, and they had a habit of going into battle with medals bearing his likeness strung about their necks.

From Time Magazine Archive

During World War One, our country had used other Indians, Cherokees and Chickasaws, to send messages in their own language to confuse the enemy.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac