Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site
Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site | |
Historic marker for the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek | |
| Nearest city | Macon, Mississippi |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 33°0′35.56″N 88°45′15.03″W / 33.0098778°N 88.7541750°W |
| Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
| Built | 1830 |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001024 |
| USMS No. | 103-MSH-6001-NHL-ML |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 3, 1973 |
| Designated NHL | June 19, 1996 |
| Designated USMS | May 1, 1986 |
The Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site is a historic Choctaw Native American gathering place in rural Noxubee County, Mississippi. Located near a freshwater spring above the floodplain of Dancing Rabbit Creek in the southwestern part of the county, it was the site of a treaty negotiation between the Choctaw and the federal government in 1830, resulting in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, in which the Choctaw agreed to surrender their ancestral lands for territory in what is now Oklahoma. It was the first treaty negotiated after passage of the Indian Removal Act, and served as a model for other treaties passed pursuant to that act. It also led to the Choctaw Trail of Tears. The site, now marked by a stone memorial and a small Choctaw cemetery, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1996.