Greenwood LeFlore

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Greenwood LeFlore was a 19th-century Choctaw chief and American politician known for negotiating the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek and later becoming a prominent planter and legislator in Mississippi.

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Greenwood LeFlore canonical 4
Greenwood LeFlore (Leflore) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Choctaw leader
person
alternateName Greenwood Le Fleur
Greenwood LeFlore (Leflore)
linked to: Greenwood LeFlore
areaOfInfluence Choctaw Nation in Mississippi
linked to: Choctaw Nation

Mississippi state politics
associatedWith Antebellum plantation economy
Choctaw Nation of Mississippi
United States federal Indian removal policy
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
culture Choctaw Nation
economicActivity Cotton planting
ethnicity Choctaw
linked to: Choctaw people
historicalPeriod 19th century
knownFor Becoming a prominent planter after the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Transition from tribal leadership to participation in U.S. state politics
landOwnership Owned large plantations in Mississippi
language Choctaw
linked to: Choctaw people

English
legacy Controversial figure in Choctaw history for his role in land cession
Example of Native American integration into Southern planter society
legalConsequence Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek led to removal of most Choctaw from Mississippi
memberOf Mississippi House of Representatives
Mississippi Legislature
Mississippi State Senate
name Greenwood LeFlore
notableFor Leadership among the Choctaw during the period of Indian removal
Role in ceding Choctaw lands in Mississippi to the United States
notableWork Negotiation of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
occupation legislator
planter
politician
slave owner
politicalActivity Served as a legislator in Mississippi after removal of most Choctaw people
politicalAlignment Aligned with U.S. federal authorities during treaty negotiations
positionHeld Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation (western district)
region American South
Mississippi Delta
residence Mississippi
role Choctaw negotiator in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
significantEvent Negotiated the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
socialClass elite planter class in Mississippi
subjectOf Biographical works on Choctaw leaders
Historical studies of Indian removal
treaty Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

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Greenwood, Mississippi namedAfter Greenwood LeFlore
Leflore County namedAfter Greenwood LeFlore
Leflore County, Mississippi namedAfter Greenwood LeFlore
Greenwood LeFlore name Greenwood LeFlore
Greenwood LeFlore alternateName Greenwood LeFlore (Leflore)
linked to: Greenwood LeFlore