Jena Band of Choctaw Indians

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The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in Louisiana, representing one of the contemporary tribal communities descended from the historic Choctaw people.

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Jena Band of Choctaw Indians canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American tribe
sovereign tribal nation
continent North America
country United States
culture Choctaw culture
ethnicGroup Choctaw people
ethnicReligion Native American traditional religion
ethnolinguisticGroup Choctaw
hasAncestry historic Choctaw people
hasCommunityType reservation and tribal community
hasCulturalHeritage Southeastern Woodlands culture
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
hasGovernmentType tribal government
hasLegalStatus domestic dependent nation
hasPoliticalStatus federally recognized tribe
hasRights government-to-government relationship with the United States
self-governance
isDescendedFrom Southeastern Woodlands tribes
isPartOf contemporary Choctaw tribal communities
isRecognizedAs tribal community
isRelatedTo Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
linked to: Choctaw Nation

Choctaw people
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
languageFamily Muskogean languages
locatedIn Louisiana
modernReligions Christianity
peopleGroup Native Americans in Louisiana
linked to: Houma people
populationGroup Indigenous peoples of the United States
linked to: Native Americans
recognizedBy United States federal government
region American South
Gulf Coast region
traditionalLanguage Choctaw language

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Choctaw people federallyRecognizedTribe Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
Choctaw–United States relations modernParticipants Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians isDistinctFrom Jena Band of Choctaw Indians