Boris Gudenuf
Deity
If there is any way to add the Olmecs, Cahokia and the Nazca beyond mere city-states, I would be all for it.
These were all important civilizations.
Very much, but was long as Civ is wedded to Big Leaders they will never be Civs - no leaders at all.
On the other hand, keep an eye on how Humankind handles things. So far, at least, it appears that they aren't going to bother with 'named' leaders at all, which opens up a lot of possibilities. Another chance would be if Civ Upgrades the Cty States to have more Uniques attached to them, and more Diplomatic possibilities and interactions. That would allow them to be more like 'minor Civs' (one city, to be sure) than the ciphers and victims they largely are now.
Since I preach on this regularly ( ) the Choctaw have great leaders, and the Chickasaw are the only post-Missisippian people other than the Natchez that can be traced to a specific mound site. Since the Choctaw and Chickasaw speak the same language, the Choctaw may well come from Chicaza as well or at least nearby.
The Choctaw for sure. Of all the southeastern tribal groups, they have the most attraction for me. If anyone wants more reason to be interested, read R. A. Lafferty's great novel Okla Hannali - a fictional 'biography' of a Choctaw living through the 19th century. His dead-on description of the Choctaw mindset is incredibly good, and his depiction of a Choctaw version of a fox hunt is one of the funniest things ever written in English.
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