Chickasaws
Southeastern Native nation
Chickasaws refers to members of a Native American people originally from the southeastern United States, particularly present-day Mississippi and Alabama.
The Chickasaw were forcibly relocated to Oklahoma during the 1830s Indian Removal.
The term also refers to their Muskogean language.
The Chickasaws were known as fierce warriors.
The singular is Chickasaw.
South Central U.S. state
- AdaPentagon's procedural coding language
- SulphurSouthern municipality name
- ArbuckleEarly comic actor's surname
- ancestral territoryDomain passed through bloodlines
Mississippi · Tennessee · Alabama · Kentucky · removal · relocation
1830s forced indigenous relocation
- Indian TerritoryFederal land for displaced tribes
- removalAct of taking away
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- European contactArrival of Western peoples
Spanish explorers · Civil War · statehood · antebellum · 18th century · 19th century · migration · homelands
Speech risking complete extinction
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- eldersSenior community members
- immersion programsLearning through complete environment exposure
- linguisticsScience of language structure
dialects · vocabulary · pronunciation · grammar · oral tradition · bilingualism · language preservation
Makeshift urban baseball variant
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- potteryFired clay objects
- basketryArt of weaving containers
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
storytelling · oral traditions · ceremonies · clans · matrilineal · feast · spirituality · mythology
Original inhabitants of America
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- descendantsThose who come after
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- kinshipState of being related
clans · tribal membership · bloodline · lineage · community · diaspora · heritage · ethnicity
Indigenous community's ruling body
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
tribal courts · citizenship · enrollment · land rights · treaty rights · federal recognition · nation-to-nation · economic development
Oklahoma
South Central U.S. state
- AdaPentagon's procedural coding language
- SulphurSouthern municipality name
- ArbuckleEarly comic actor's surname
ancestral territory · Mississippi · Tennessee · Alabama · Kentucky · removal · relocation
Trail of Tears
1830s forced indigenous relocation
- Indian TerritoryFederal land for displaced tribes
- removalAct of taking away
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
European contact · Spanish explorers · Civil War · statehood · antebellum · 18th century · 19th century · migration · homelands
endangered language
Speech risking complete extinction
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- eldersSenior community members
- immersion programsLearning through complete environment exposure
linguistics · dialects · vocabulary · pronunciation · grammar · oral tradition · bilingualism · language preservation
stickball
Makeshift urban baseball variant
beadwork · storytelling · oral traditions · ceremonies · clans · matrilineal · feast · spirituality · mythology · ethnobotany
Native American
Original inhabitants of America
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- descendantsThose who come after
- ancestryFamily line of descent
kinship · clans · tribal membership · bloodline · lineage · community · diaspora · heritage · ethnicity
tribal council
Indigenous community's ruling body
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
jurisdiction · tribal courts · citizenship · enrollment · land rights · treaty rights · federal recognition · nation-to-nation · economic development · health services