The Chickasaw are an American Indian nation that historically lived on portions of present-day Mississippi, Alabama, and western Tennessee. During the French and Indian War, the Chickasaw allied with the British but saw relatively little fighting. In November 1763, Choctaw leaders met other American Indian and British colonial leaders at Augusta, Georgia, where they negotiated for an overall peace. After the war, however, British colonists and later Americans continued to move westward, encroaching on Chickasaw land. In 1837, as a part of the Indian Removal Act, the U.S. government forcibly removed the Chickasaw from their homelands under the Treaty of Doaksville, making them resettle alongside the Choctaw in present-day Oklahoma. In 1856, the Chickasaw separated from the Choctaw once again, reestablishing their own autonomy. 

Today, the Chickasaw Nation is a federally-recognized tribe based in Ada, Oklahoma. The nation established its own national constitution in 1983.

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