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Betsy Love Allen (after 1782 – July 1837) was a Chickasaw merchant and planter who ran a trading post on the Natchez Trace and maintained a large cattle plantation. Born into a wealthy and influential family, she owned property in her own right under Chickasaw law.
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]
Pearl was born to George and Lucy Carter on December 9, 1915, in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma.She was the second youngest of three girls, and also had a younger brother named George Carter, Jr. [a] Her father was a wealthy businessman, while Lucy was an original enrollee of the Chickasaw Nation.
Alice Brown Davis (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, 1852–1935), Principal Chief; Jenny L. Davis, Chickasaw author, linguist, and anthropologist; Angel De Cora, Ho-Chunk artist and lecturer; Ada Deer, Menominee author, activist, and the first Native American woman to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Andrea Delgado-Olson, Ione Miwok, computer ...
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.
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.
Heather Ahtone is enrolled in the Chickasaw Nation and a descendant of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. [3] She received an associate's degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in 1993 and her master's degree (2006) and doctoral degree from the University of Oklahoma (OU). [4]
Linda Hogan was born July 16, 1947, in Denver, Colorado. [5] Her father, Charles C. Henderson, is a Chickasaw from a recognized historical family. [6] Her mother, Cleona Florine (Bower) Henderson was of white descent. [2]