Near Tuskahoma in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Choctaw Capitols

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, July 19, 2022

1. Choctaw Capitols Marker

Inscription.
This is the site of "Nanih Waiya", first Choctaw Capitol and Council Ground where first constitution written in Oklahoma was adopted by Choctaw Nation, 1834. Joseph Kincaid, Thomas LeFlore, and Nitakechi Chiefs. Tuskahoma Council House last Choctaw capitol erected 1884. Jackson McCurtain princ. Chief.

Erected 1995 by Oklahoma Historical Society; Manufactured by Mills Granite Products Granite, Oklahoma. (Marker Number 213-1995.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Oklahoma Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1834.

Location. 34° 38.107′ N, 95° 19.35′ W. Marker is near Tuskahoma, Oklahoma, in Pushmataha County. It is on Oklahoma 2 one mile north of U.S. 271, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tuskahoma OK 74574, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Piney Woods,

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on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tvshka Homma Female Institute (approx. ¾ mile away); M113A2 Armored Personnel Carrier (approx. 2.2 miles away); M29 Series 81 mm Mortar (approx. 2.2 miles away); M110A2 Self-Propelled Full Track Howitzer (approx. 2.2 miles away); M60A3 Tank (approx. 2.2 miles away); Choctaw Nation War Memorial - World War I (approx. 2½ miles away); Choctaw Code Talkers (approx. 2½ miles away); Choctaw Nation War Memorial - World War II (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tuskahoma.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, July 19, 2022

2. Choctaw Capitols Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2023, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 573 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 25, 2023, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.