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The Chickasaw Nation (Chickasaw: Chikashsha IÌ yaakni) is an Indigenous nation formally recognized by the United States government. The Chickasaw citizenry descends from the historical population of a Chickasaw-speaking Indigenous nation established in the American Southeast whose original territory was appropriated by the United States in the 19th century and subsequently organized into what ...
Because the Chickasaw allied with the Confederacy, after the Civil War the United States government required the nation to make a new peace treaty in 1866. It included the provision that they emancipate the enslaved African Americans and provide full citizenship to those who wanted to stay in the Chickasaw Nation.
Overton James was Governor of the Chickasaw Nation from 1963 to 1987. Born July 21, 1925 in Bromide, Oklahoma to Chickasaw parents, Rufus (Cub) James and Vinnie May Seely, he was raised in Wapanucka, Oklahoma. His Chickasaw name is Itoahtubbi. [1] After graduation from high school in Wapanucka, James spent two and a half years in the U.S. Navy.
A. In order to be eligible to run for office of governor shall a person be required to have been a resident within the boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation for one year prior to his or her election as provided in the 1867 constitution, or B. in order to be eligible to run for the office of governor shall a person be required to have been a resident of the state of Oklahoma for two or more years ...
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Billy Joe Anoatubby (born November 8, 1945) is the 32nd Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, a position he has held since 1987. From 1979 to 1987, Anoatubby served two terms as Lieutenant Governor of the Chickasaw Nation in the administration of Governor Overton James, after being popularly elected to office. [1] He is a member of the Democratic ...
The Chickasaw settled on Choctaw lands in the Indian Territory following the Trail of Tears. [4] The Nation became independent in 1856 when a treaty was signed in Washington giving the Chickasaw Nation full ownership of 4,707,903 acres of land and the right of independent government. [2]
The White House of the Chickasaws in Milburn, Oklahoma was built in 1895. It was designed by Dallas architect W.A. Waltham [1] in the Queen Anne style. [a] [3] The house is also known as Gov. Douglas H. Johnston House, because Chickasaw Governor Douglas Hancock Johnston and his descendants resided in the mansion from 1898 to 1971 [4] when the building was listed on the National Register of ...