Prior to European contact, the Choctaw\'s matrilineal society supported women\'s contributions in all areas of community life.
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Michelene Pesantubbee traces the changes in women\'s roles in Choctaw society from the late 1600s to the mid-1700s during the French Colonial period in the Lower Mississippi Valley.
Evidence of Choctaw women\'s participation in religious and political concerns, however, declined drastically early in the eighteenth century.
Prior to European contact, the Choctaw\'s matrilineal society supported women\'s contributions in all areas of community life