Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
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Lands
Oklahoma, with offices in Binger; the Nation describes ancestral homelands in present-day Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas
Countries United States
Facts 4
History
The Nation dates the beginning of its current language program to August 1, 2022. This institutional milestone does not date the start of Caddo language preservation.
As of 2022 Source: Caddo Nation, Language Preservation (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
History
The Nation recounts that a Caddo group on Texas's lower Brazos reservation was evacuated in 1859 to avoid a massacre by Texas frontiersmen.
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History
The Nation's history says a removal treaty signed on July 1, 1835 involved Caddo living in northwestern Louisiana under principal chief Tsauninot.
As of 1835 Source: Caddo Nation, History (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Governance
The Nation's Historic Preservation Department describes work in repatriation and consultation, and publishes separate procedures for Section 106 and NAGPRA requests.
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Context and resources
Removal And Rebuilding In The Nation’s Account
The Nation describes Caddo communities across what are now Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Its account traces multiple forced removals, not one journey shared identically by everyone. It distinguishes a treaty signed by northwestern Louisiana Caddo in 1835 from the evacuation of another group from Texas in 1859. The Kadohadacho, Natchitoches and Hasinai confederacies later consolidated geographically. Allotment brought further land losses. The account also emphasizes twentieth-century rebuilding and a continuing Caddo identity. This government profile does not replace the histories of every constituent band.
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Sources For This Layer
Caddo Nation: Its Own History (opens in a new tab)
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
Language Continuity And Heritage Protection
The Nation dates its current language program to August 1, 2022, while describing decades of community preservation work. Its account connects classes and archival work to that longer effort and distinguishes Caddo from related Caddoan languages and Nations. The linked archive is offered to Caddo citizens and descendants; this profile supplies no lessons, recordings or archive access. The Historic Preservation Department separately describes consultation and repatriation responsibilities. These institutions support continuity. Linking them does not promise that every project is stopped, every item returned or language loss reversed.
Context reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
Sources For This Layer
Caddo Nation: Language Program (opens in a new tab)
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
Caddo Nation: Heritage Consultation And Repatriation (opens in a new tab)
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
From the publisher's own pages
Caddo Nation: Its Own History (opens in a new tab)
Read the Nation's account of distinct removal experiences, allotment and continuing Caddo identity.
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
Caddo Nation: Language Program (opens in a new tab)
Read the program's public account and participation information. Archive materials remain with the Nation; no access or permission to reproduce them is supplied.
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
Caddo Nation: Heritage Consultation And Repatriation (opens in a new tab)
Visit the Nation’s own procedures for Section 106 and NAGPRA requests. No forms are submitted and no protected site or burial details are reproduced.
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
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