Chickasaw Nation

Inside of the "Upheaval" section of the OKLA HOMMA exhibit at First Americans Museum showing the timeline of Indian Removal on a black wall with government documents in white as the backdrop.

Political Name

Chickasaw Nation

Pronunciation

Chih-kuh-SAW

Self-Designated Name

Chikasha

A gray map showing the tribal jurisdiction areas of Oklahoma with a pink pin marking Ada, Oklahoma, where the Chickasaw Nation is headquartered.

Location

Ada, OK

Official Website

www.chickasaw.net

Title of Tribal Leader

Governor

The beginning of the WINIKO exhibition on the second floor of the First Americans Museum showing historical Native American items collected by the Smithsonian Institution.

Language

Muskogean

Tribal Greeting

Chokma!

Tribal Greeting (English)

Hello!

A gray map of the continental United States with all 39 tribes names over their homelands with black lines to their current reservation areas in the state of Oklahoma (highlighted in pink).

Cultural Relatives

Seminole Nation, Muscogee Nation, Cherokee Nation, Choctaw Nation

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