Choctaw Civil War

For the Choctaw who fought in the American Civil War, see Choctaw in the American Civil War.

Choctaw Civil War
Part of the American Indian Wars

Louisiana Indians Walking Along a Bayou (Alfred Boisseau, 1847)
Date1747–1750
Location
American Southeast
Result

Eastern Division victory

  • Choctaw trade with the British severed
  • Choctaw relations with the French strengthened
  • Choctaw political and economic power remains in eastern territory
Belligerents
Choctaw Eastern Division
Supported by:
Louisiana		 Choctaw Western Division
Supported by:
South Carolina
North Carolina
Chakchiuma
Chickasaw

The Choctaw Civil War was a period of economic and social unrest among the Choctaw people that degenerated into a civil war between 1747 and 1750. The war was fought between two different factions within the Choctaw over what the tribes's trade relations with British and French colonists should be. Hundreds of Choctaw died in the war and the pro-French faction retained their influence within the Choctaw nation.