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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]
Lisa Johnson Billy (born February 21, 1967) is a Chickasaw and American politician who has served in the legislatures of Oklahoma and the Chickasaw Nation.She has served as a tribal councillor for the Chickasaw Nation since 2016 and previously served on the council between 1996 and 2002.
[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]
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]
Lance was first appointed as the Chickasaw Nation Secretary of Commerce in 2009 by Governor Bill Anoatubby. [1] [2] In 2018, he was ranked the 29th most powerful Oklahoman by the OKC Friday newspaper; [3] he was ranked 18th in 2022. [4] In 2022, he was named the first Chickasaw Nation Secretary of State.
Chickasaw Nation: Right to make wagon road through the Chickasaw Nation, Acknowledge the protection provided by the U.S. (Not Available yet) Treaty with the Chickasaw [41] 1805: United States: Chickasaw Nation: Eliminate debt to U.S. merchants and traders (Not Available yet) Treaty with the Chickasaw [42] 1816: United States: Chickasaw Nation
David Daniel Boren (born August 2, 1973) is an American businessman and politician who is the Secretary of Commerce for the Chickasaw Nation, based in Oklahoma. [1] He is a retired American politician, who served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district from 2005 to 2013.
The Treaty of Turkeytown, also known as the Treaty with the Cherokee and the Treaty of Chickasaw Council House (Cherokee) was negotiated on 14 September 1816, between delegates of the former Cherokee Nation on the one part and Major General Andrew Jackson, General David Meriwether and Jesse Franklin, Esq., who served as agents of the United States in the capacity of "commissioners ...