Chickasaw Nation

Various spellings: Chickasaw, Chickesaw

Original homeland on the northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, western Kentucky and eeastern Arkansas.

The Chickasaw Nation is primarily associated with the state of Oklahoma.

Member of the Five Civilized Tribes: Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek and Seminole 

Linguistic group: Muskhogean

Brief Timeline
1729: Natchez Revolt, the Natchez joind the Chickasaw



1786: Hopewell Treaty; northern boundary of the Ohio River.

1809-11: Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, tried to unite Indians against the United States

1822: some moved west of the Mississippi

1832: ???

1837: removed to Indian Territory

1855: treaty separating land of Chickasaw and Choctaw.

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Chickasaw tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Tribal Headquarters
Chickasaw Nation Headquarters P.O. Box 1548 Ada, OK 74821 Phone: 580.436.2603

Agency Records
Correspondence and Census

Treaties


 * Juanary 10, 1786, at Hopewell,
 * october 24, 1801, at Chickasaw Bluffs
 * December 17, 1801
 * July 23, 1805
 * January 7, 1806, in Cherokee treaty
 * August 9, 1814, Creek treaty
 * September 20, 1816, at Chickasaw council house
 * October 19, 1818, at Chickasaw Old Town
 * August 31, 1830, at Franklin
 * October 20, 1832,a at Chickasaw council house (Pontitock)
 * October 22, 1832, supplementary
 * May 24, 1834
 * January 17, 1837, at Doaksville
 * June 22, 1852, at Washington
 * November 4, 1854, at Doaksville
 * June 22, 1855, at Washington
 * September 13, 1865, at Fort Smith
 * April 28, 1866, at Washington
 * July 4, 1866, Delaware treaty

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution of the Chickasaw Nation
 * The Chickasaw Nation Official Web Site
 * Chickasaw Nation Wikipedia