Apuckshunubbee led the western or Okla Falaya District of the Choctaw, of which the eastern edge ran roughly southeast from modern Winston County to Lauderdale County, then roughly southwest to Scott County, then roughly south-southeast to the western edge of Perry County.
11 Facts About Apuckshunubbee
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Apuckshunubbee's contemporaries were Pushmataha and Moshulatubbee, who respectively led the southern district Okla Hannali and the north-eastern district Okla Tannap.
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On his way to Washington, DC, in 1824 with the other two division chiefs and a Choctaw delegation to meet with US officials, Apuckshunubbee suffered a fall and died.
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Apuckshunubbee was likely born into a high-status family and clan; the Choctaw had a matrilineal system of property and hereditary leadership.
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Apuckshunubbee was one of the three division chiefs among the Choctaw in Mississippi by 1801.
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Apuckshunubbee represented the western division, known as Okla Falaya, located in central Mississippi.
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Apuckshunubbee was nearly 80 years old when he made the 1824 trip with the other principal chiefs, Mushulatubbee and Pushmataha to protest settler violations made against the Treaty of Doak's Stand.
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Apuckshunubbee lingered until Friday night, in a perfectly senseless condition, when his soul winged to the presence of the Great Spirit.
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Apuckshunubbee's body is most likely located within the community of Lost Rabbit, because according to older maps found in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Madison County, Mississippi, this is where his homestead is located.
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Apuckshunubbee believed that removal was inevitable but worked to gain the best land and secure the rights of Choctaw.
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Apuckshunubbee gained them the largest reservation in fertile land in Indian Territory, and a provision to allow Choctaw to stay in Mississippi as US citizens on reserved lands.