Chickasaw
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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| United States (Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Chickasaw | |
| Religion | |
| Protestantism, other | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Native American, Five Civilized Tribes, Choctaw |
The Chickasaw are a Native American people of the United States, originally, according to their verbal history, from west of the Mississippi River. Sometime prior to the first European contact, the Chickasaw moved east, and settled east of the Mississippi. All historical records indicate the Chickasaw lived in northeast Mississippi from the first European contact until they were forced to remove to Oklahoma, where most now live. They are related to the Choctaws, who speak a language very similar to the Chickasaw language, both forming the Western Group of the Muskogean languages. "Chickasaw" is the English spelling of Chikasha (IPA: [tʃikaʃːa]), that means "rebel" or "comes from Chicsa". The Chickasaw are divided in two groups: the "Impsaktea" and the "Intcutwalipa". The Chickasaws were one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" forcibly removed to the Indian Territory during the era of Indian Removal. The Chickasaw Nation is the thirteenth largest federally-recognized tribe in the United States.
History
The origin of the Chickasaws is uncertain. When Europeans first encounteredgdhghgfhgf crack
Culture
Pashofa, cracked white hominy boiled with pork, is a main dish which is still eaten. Hogs are not native to the Americas, but escaped and became feral from De Soto's expedition.
Obion is a Chickasaw Indian name meaning "river of many forks".
The suffix "-mingo" (Chickasaw: minko' ) is used to identify a chieftain. For example, "Tishomingo" was the name of a famous Chickasaw chief. The town of Tishomingo, Mississippi and Tishomingo County, Mississippi were named after him, as was the town of Tishomingo, Oklahoma. South Carolina's Black Mingo Creek was named after the colonial Chickasaw chief, who controlled the lands around it as a sort of hunting preserve. Sometimes it is spelled "minko", but this most generally occurs in older literary references.
The Chickasaw Nation recently hosted a pre-screening of Mel Gibson's new movie, Apocalypto. Gibson held two pre-screening for two Native American audiences, at the Riverwind Casino in Goldsby, owned by the Chickasaw Nation, and at Cameron University in Lawton.[1]
Notable Chickasaws
- Bill Anoatubby, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation since 1987
- Amanda Cobb, author and professor of American studies[2]
- Levi Colbert, Chickasaw language translator
- Tom Cole, Republican U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma
- Molly Culver, actress
- Bee Ho Gray, actor
- John Herrington, NASA Astronaut, first Native American in space
- Hulk Hogan, Wrestler
- Miko Hughes, child actor
- Tyler McDoughnough, Professinal idiot
- Rodd Redwing, actor
- Fred Waite, cowboy
- They Ate Bananas
See also
References
- ^ "Gibson takes 'Apocalypto' to Oklahoma". Associated Press. 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2006-09-24.
- ^ Public Affairs Department, University of New Mexico. "UNM ASSISTANT PROFESSOR WINS AMERICAN BOOK AWARD", September 7 2001. Accessed June 27 2007.
- Calloway, Colin G. The American Revolution in Indian Country. Cambridge University Press, 1995.see google.com
External links
- The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma (official site)
- Chickasaw Nation Industires (government contracting arm of the Chickasaw Nation)
- "Chickasaws: The Unconquerable People", a brief history by Greg O’Brien, Ph.D.
- Encyclopedia of North American Indians
- "Chickasaw History" by Lee Sultzman
- John Bennett Herrington is First Native American Astronaut (on chickasaw.net)
- Tishomingo
- Pashofa recipe
- Some Chickasaw information in discussion of DeSoto Trail