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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In March, the New York Philharmonic premiered an orchestral version of the Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s “Pisachi.”
From New York Times • May 29, 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
Carewe was especially skilled at leveraging his Chickasaw heritage to promote his projects.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024
But he said he was heartened by the willingness of the state’s tribal nations — the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Osage — to offer the program to eligible Native and non-Native children on their reservations.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024
This place may not be real, but Mom’s reaction is: Her relief at seeing Maggie is soured just by Maggie knowing a single Chickasaw thing.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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