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The Chickasaw Nation (Chickasaw: Chikashsha IÌ yaakni) is a federally recognized Indigenous nation with headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma, in the United States.The Chickasaw Nation descends from an Indigenous population historically located in the southeastern United States, including present-day northern Mississippi, northwestern Alabama, southwestern Kentucky, and western Tennessee. [1]
The Chickasaw Nation was the first of the Five Civilized Tribes to become allies of the Confederate States of America. [36] In addition, they resented the United States government, which had forced them off their lands and failed to protect them against the Plains tribes in the West.
He served as the nation's Superintendent of Schools between 1885 and 1889. In 1897, he signed the Atoka Agreement which began the process of allotting the Chickasaw Nation's Reservation. [ 1 ] He was elected as the governor of the Chickasaw Nation from 1894 to 1896 and 1902 to 1904. [ 2 ]
Charles W. Blackwell (July 30, 1942 – January 2, 2013, Chickasaw Nation) was an American lawyer, educator, activist, and diplomat, who served as the first Ambassador of the Chickasaw Nation to the United States of America, from 1995 until his death in 2013. [1]
[a] The Chickasaw Department of Health, which oversees the facilities, in 2017 attracted more than 552,000 patient visits and filled more than 1.7 million prescriptions. [13] [b] The Chickasaw Nation was the first Native American tribe to become a partner in the Healthy Meals for Kids program sponsored by the federal government. [13]
Confederate Units of Indian Territory consisted of Native Americans from the Five Civilized Tribes — the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole nations. [1] The 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles were commanded by the highest ranking Native American of the war: Brig. Gen. Stand Watie, who also became the last Confederate General to surrender on June 23, 1865. [2]
The Chickasaw Nation is launching a $6 million campaign to help rebuild downtown Sulphur while also helping Marietta reopen its emergency room.
William C. Thompson was born on February 6, 1839, into a mixed-race family who identified primarily as Choctaw and Chickasaw but also had European-American ancestry. He was born at Fort Towson on the southern border of Choctaw Nation, several years after the people were removed there.