Chickasaw Nation

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

Records
Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Important Web Sites

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