January 17, 1881(1881-01-17) (aged 74) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place
Congressional Cemetery
Nationality
Choctaw Nation
Political party
Independent
Other political affiliations
National Union (1864–1868)[1]
Education
University of Nashville
Occupation
Politician
diplomat
chief
Known for
Defending Choctaw lands and monetary claims in Washington, promoting education for Indian youth
Peter Perkins Pitchlynn (Choctaw: Hatchootucknee, lit.'Snapping Turtle') (January 30, 1806 – January 17, 1881) was a Choctaw chief of mixed Native and European heritage (Choctaw and Scots-Anglo-American ancestry). He was principal chief of the Choctaw Republic from 1864-1866 and surrendered to the Union on behalf of the nation at the end of the Civil War.
Educated in Choctaw culture and American schools, in 1825 Pitchlynn helped found a school for Choctaw boys: the Choctaw Academy in Kentucky. He also worked to reduce the sale of alcohol in their territory. After the forced removal to Indian Territory in the 1830s, he was appointed by the National Council in 1845 as the Choctaw Delegate (akin to an ambassadorship) to Washington, D.C. At the time, the Nation was proposing to be recognized by the US Congress as a territory.
After the war, Pitchlynn returned to Washington, D.C., to represent Choctaw interests and work for concessions from the government for the Choctaw lands sold under pressure to the United States in 1830 during Indian removal. He died in Washington, D.C., and is buried there.
^Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly. April 1870 issue. See article, "Peter Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws," p 490. "Peter P. Pitchlynn Collection" Archived 2021-08-17 at the Wayback Machine, Western Histories Collection, University of Oklahoma Libraries
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