Chickasaw
Americannoun
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Chickasaws,
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Chickasaw
plural
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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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Kristin Nichols, 60, of Palm Springs, who was visiting with family, said that as someone who is part Chickasaw she was particularly moved by the exhibits about the Native American occupation.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025
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
Carewe was especially skilled at leveraging his Chickasaw heritage to promote his projects.
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
Only steps from my grandparents’ picnic table, it was duck-hunting Ethan of my failed first-ever date, wearing basketball shorts and a shirt that read Chickasaw Pride.
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
The new policy applied to all the eastern tribes but especially affected the “Five Civilized Tribes” of the Southeast: the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles.
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
At 29 he crossed over to Indian Territory, began to practice among the Chickasaws.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before leaving Vincennes, Tecumseh informed Harrison that he was traveling south to bring the Creeks, Choctaws, and Chickasaws into the alliance.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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