A salute to the music of the Chickasaw Nation-- with both western and indigenous music. Click the link to read the preview in the Chicago edition of Picture This Post--
#Bach&BeethovenExperience #ChickasawNation #TheCheckout #ChicagoMusic #PictureThisPostMusic #IndigenousCulture #ChickasawMusic
I know the only reason I have any #Indigenous blood in me is because my ancestors were probably owned by a tribe. I'm over it, #ChickasawNation was a pretty hardcore group during (and still) the early formation of this country.
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Undated photo of Chickasaw Nation Governor Robert M. Harris (middle) with an unidentified boy and man outside the Bank of the Chickasaw Nation in Tishomingo, Indian Territory
(20288.76.41.44, Chickasaw Council House Museum Collection, OHS) #ChickasawNation #IndianTerritory
We are celebrating a groundbreaking and historic moment for Oklahoma's arts and culture with the world premiere of "Loksi' Shaali'," the first opera ever composed entirely in an American Indian language!
#OKforArts #M-AAA #ChickasawNation
The Washita River's flooded from Tishomingo to Madill, Oklahoma, thanks to all that rain. It's in the Chickasaw Nation's traditional territory. Location: 34.2193 N, -96.7017 W. Photo by Neema Keewahi. #oklahoma #washitariver #Tishomingo #madill #ChickasawNation
Every feather. Every bead. Every shadow across his chest tells you: we are still here.
#ChickasawNation #IndigenousArt #BricktownOKC #NativePride #CulturalHeritage #StatueStories #HistoricalVoices #TravelFinds #DrivingDiscoveries #TheHikingCEO
Lacrosse
Originally #stickball #lacrosse was played by #tribes in #NorthAmerica. The #Algonquian people were the first to play the game. French #missionaries coined "lacrosse" in the 1630s. #indigisky #edusky #chickasawnation
emailing #Missouri reps all are #republicans everyday has became a #passion my #family knows to give me until noon to keep up the fight I start with my mayor work my way up ive fought my whole #life on some #issues there has been #progress #bluemo #indigisky #edusky #disabilities #chickasawnation
This has been too long a comin for our ppl and even though I do not live in New Mexico I still have her back keep on fighting #nativeAmerican #indigisky #bluemo #chickasawnation #disability #chronicillnes #tribe #neverconquered
Native Americans here is where project 2025 explains what is next for us #indigsky #edusky #bluemo #project2025 #chickasawnation #oklahoma #tribes
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![The Trail of Tears refers to the forced relocation of approximately 100,000 Indigenous people, primarily from the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole nations, during the 1830s. This mass displacement was a consequence of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, signed by President Andrew Jackson, which aimed to clear Native American lands in the Southeastern United States for white settlers. The relocated tribes were moved to designated Indian Territory, now present-day Oklahoma, through a series of arduous journeys marked by immense suffering and loss of life[2][4][5].
### Key Events and Conditions:
- **Indian Removal Act (1830):** This legislation authorized the U.S. government to negotiate treaties with Native tribes to exchange their ancestral lands for territory west of the Mississippi River[2][6].
- **Cherokee Resistance:** The Cherokee fought removal through legal and political means but were ultimately forced out after the Treaty of New Echota (1835), which ceded their lands under controversial circumstances[2][6].
- **Journey Details:** The relocation involved multiple overland and water routes stretching over 1,000 miles. Most traveled on foot under harsh conditions, with limited supplies, leading to widespread disease, starvation, and exposure[3][5].
- **Casualties:** It is estimated that around 15,000 Indigenous people died during or shortly after the journey due to disease, malnutrition, and harsh weather conditions. The Cherokee alone lost about one-fourth of their population[3][5].
### Broader Impact:
The Trail of Tears is remembered as a tragic chapter in U.S. history and is often cited as an example of ethnic cleansing or genocide due to the deliberate policies that led to immense suffering and death among Indigenous populations. Today, it is commemorated through historical sites and trails that mark the routes taken by displaced tribes[4][5][8].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3epzqefaicyxkh2z3fywbmy5/bafkreia7aj5muhb2nxoj7gnarocs5cjsfdrum5ejff5dssf5ciysi7xx6m)
The Trail of Tears refers to the forced relocation of approximately 100,000 Indigenous people, primarily from the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole nations, during the 1830s. This mass displacement was a consequence of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, signed by President Andrew Jackson, which aimed to clear Native American lands in the Southeastern United States for white settlers. The relocated tribes were moved to designated Indian Territory, now present-day Oklahoma, through a series of arduous journeys marked by immense suffering and loss of life[2][4][5]. ### Key Events and Conditions: - **Indian Removal Act (1830):** This legislation authorized the U.S. government to negotiate treaties with Native tribes to exchange their ancestral lands for territory west of the Mississippi River[2][6]. - **Cherokee Resistance:** The Cherokee fought removal through legal and political means but were ultimately forced out after the Treaty of New Echota (1835), which ceded their lands under controversial circumstances[2][6]. - **Journey Details:** The relocation involved multiple overland and water routes stretching over 1,000 miles. Most traveled on foot under harsh conditions, with limited supplies, leading to widespread disease, starvation, and exposure[3][5]. - **Casualties:** It is estimated that around 15,000 Indigenous people died during or shortly after the journey due to disease, malnutrition, and harsh weather conditions. The Cherokee alone lost about one-fourth of their population[3][5]. ### Broader Impact: The Trail of Tears is remembered as a tragic chapter in U.S. history and is often cited as an example of ethnic cleansing or genocide due to the deliberate policies that led to immense suffering and death among Indigenous populations. Today, it is commemorated through historical sites and trails that mark the routes taken by displaced tribes[4][5][8].
#TrailOfTears
#NativeAmericanHistory
#IndianRemovalAct
#CherokeeNation
#IndigenousRights
#ForcedRelocation
#USHistory
#EthnicCleansing
#GenocideAwareness
#HistoricalTrauma
#NativeAmericanHeritage
#SeminoleNation
#ChoctawNation
#ChickasawNation
#CreekNation
#AndrewJackson
Not as much as my #tribe has #helped me not even close the U.S. government local and #national levels #chickasawnation
#firstpeoples
#government
#education
#politics
I would like to be #involved in things and have put that out there many times again I am asking if any #organization that #need #help especially those in the #political or #nativeamerican and other organizations #standup against recent events
#disabilities
#chickasawnation
#volunteers
Yeah, I have my citizenship papers. It's called the Dawes Rolls. #indigenous #ChickasawNation
reaching out to my ppl #chickasawnation #native #tribes #birthright #citizenship #politics
#chickasawnation are there any programs for those living #outside #boundaries that are standing up #politically #against the #current state of the #nation?
This is why we need to stand up and sturdy pun intended
#disability
#womensrights
#chickasawnation
#politics
#education
#sex
#religion
im sick of using I statements if I hurt your feelings then just walk away trust me i wont follow you or chase you down to make u understand
#disability
#education
#feelings
#chickasawnation
I'm so tired of taking the the #moral high ground I follow #rules #regulations and #laws and I'm the one to get the shaft I want one day to do nothing else but yell and scream at a select people
#disability
#morals
#injustice
#indidgenous
#native
#chickasawnation
Nov. 18: BRANDON BAILEY, DALLAS BEELER, EUEL “MONK” MOORE, & WYATT TOREGAS (all Chickasaw Nation)
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#NAHM #IndigenousAthletes #Chickasaw #ChickasawNation
9/9
Euel “Monk” Moore was the 1st Chickasaw to reach MLB. He pitched for the Phillies and Giants from 1934-36. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and worked as a Game Ranger for 27 years in the Tishomingo District of Chickasaw Nation.
#ChickasawNation
2/9
My late uncle, Burr DeBenning, is in a movie coming up on TCM today: “Sweet November.” #ChickasawNation
Love this story! #ChickasawNation
The first Native Romance novel published by a major publisher: www.hcn.org/issues/56-8/...
