This land had an old shop on it with a hand dug well through the slab in the main room! More importantly, its Creeks feed the Lake. And the fishing is excellent! We thought it deserved protection and preservation. The name, Nanih Waiya is sacred to the Choctaw people.
The first capital of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory and the earliest seat of government established within Oklahoma, Nunih Waya was located approximately one and one-half miles west of Tuskahoma in present Pushmataha County. Nunih Waya (Nanih Waiya), meaning "bending" or "leaning mountain," was originally the name of a sacred Choctaw mound in Winston County, Mississippi. According to a tribal origin myth the Choctaw, or "red people," emerged from beneath the knoll.
(Courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Commission)