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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 of Oklahoma, official site; Chickasaw.tv The online video network of the Chickasaw Nation. Chickasaw Nation Industries (government contracting arm of the Chickasaw Nation) "Chickasaws: The Unconquerable People", a brief history by Greg O'Brien, Ph.D. Tishomingo; Pashofa recipe; Tanshpashofa recipe
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.
Although claimed as part of Kentucky at its statehood in 1792, the land did not come under definitive U.S. control until 1818, when General Andrew Jackson and ex-Kentucky governor Isaac Shelby, representing the United States federal government, purchased it from the Chickasaw Indians through several treaties, including the Treaty of Tuscaloosa.
Chickasaw Nation Territory in 1832. The remaining Mississippi lands ceded in the Treaty of Pontotoc Creek. The Treaty of Pontotoc Creek was a treaty signed on October 20, 1832 by representatives of the United States and the Chiefs of the Chickasaw Nation assembled at the National Council House on Pontotoc Creek in Pontotoc, Mississippi.
The 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m 2) casino is owned and operated by the Chickasaw Nation and is open 24 hours daily. [1] [2] Located along the site of the historic Chisholm Trail cattle drive, the casino is five miles north of downtown Duncan on Highway 81, south of Highway 7. Chisholm Trail is owned and operated by the Chickasaw Nation.
Black Gold Casino is a Native American gaming syndicate operated and owned by the Chickasaw Nation in the state of Oklahoma.The casino is adjacent to U.S. Route 70 in Oklahoma bearing due north of Wilson, Oklahoma within Oklahoma administrative division of Carter County. [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.