Chickasaw
Americannoun
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a member of a tribe of North American Indians, formerly in northern Mississippi, now in Oklahoma.
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the Muskogean language of the Chickasaw.
noun
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a member of a Native American people of N Mississippi
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the language of this people, belonging to the Muskogean family and closely related to Choctaw
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She opened the program with the string orchestra version of “Pisachi,” commissioned by the Philharmonic from the Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
He had his own difficult relationship with his father, who was born into the Chickasaw Nation in 1894 in the town of Purcell in what is now Oklahoma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
So how did the Chickasaw director reconcile that?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
A student approached Mondragon, an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation, then decided to speak with Claveria instead.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
His Chickasaw roots shared a lot in common with my Cherokee ones.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
In the Southeast, tribes such as the Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws, and Chickasaws occupied wide territories beyond the limits of white occupation and held the balance of power among the British, French, and Spanish empires.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
He had also won sizable cessions from the Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Cherokees, until the southwestern tribes had lost as many as 50 million acres by 1820.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
It's the second track bought by a group affiliated with Global Gaming Solutions LLC, which is owned by the Chickasaws.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2011
As for her Chickasaw blood, she, like all Chickasaws, is proud of it and she would be proud to possess more of it.
From Time Magazine Archive
During World War One, our country had used other Indians, Cherokees and Chickasaws, to send messages in their own language to confuse the enemy.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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