Greenwood LeFlore

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American politician Choctaw leader person

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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Label	Occurrences
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 ⓘ surface form: Greenwood LeFlore (Leflore)
areaOfInfluence	Choctaw Nation ⓘ surface form: Choctaw Nation in Mississippi Mississippi state politics ⓘ
associatedWith	Antebellum plantation economy ⓘ Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians ⓘ surface form: Choctaw Nation of Mississippi United States federal Indian removal policy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
culture	Choctaw Nation ⓘ
economicActivity	Cotton planting ⓘ
ethnicity	Choctaw people ⓘ surface form: Choctaw
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 people ⓘ surface form: Choctaw 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 self-link ⓘ
notableFor	Leadership among the Choctaw during the period of Indian removal ⓘ Role in ceding Choctaw lands in Mississippi to the United States ⓘ
notableWork	Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek ⓘ surface form: 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	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South North Mississippi Delta ⓘ surface form: 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greenwood, Mississippi, United States → namedAfter → Greenwood LeFlore ⓘ

subject surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi

Leflore County → namedAfter → Greenwood LeFlore ⓘ

Leflore County, Mississippi, United States → namedAfter → Greenwood LeFlore ⓘ

subject surface form: Leflore County, Mississippi

Greenwood LeFlore → name → Greenwood LeFlore self-link ⓘ

Greenwood LeFlore → alternateName → Greenwood LeFlore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greenwood LeFlore (Leflore)