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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]
[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]
Chickasaw chiefs and high-status women found such marriages of strategic benefit to the tribe, as it gave them advantages with traders over other groups. Colbert and his wives had numerous children, including seven sons: William, Jonathan, George, Levi, Samuel, Joseph, and Pittman (or James).
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.
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.
Delaware Nation Industries was a winner in The Oklahoman's Top Workplaces contest., Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 "Receiving the Top Workplaces in Oklahoma Award fills our team with immense pride ...
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.
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.