Capitol Building Videos

Even knowing the federal government was trying to assimilate the Chickasaws and abolish our government, we began construction of the Chickasaw Capitol.

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Traditional Chickasaw National Capitol

Chickasaw Country
The Chickasaw Nation's original capitol building in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, is a stately museum that has hosted visitors from all over the world.

Chickasaw Nation Capitol in Tishomingo

Experience Chickasaw History and Culture
Built in 1898, the Chickasaw National Capitol Building is a gothic granite icon in Tishomingo, an early center of Chickasaw life in Indian Territory.

Tishomingo: Our First Capital in Indian Territory

Neal McCaleb
The town of Tishomingo was the original seat of the Chickasaw Nation and the tribe built its capitol there in 1898.

First Capital in Indian Territory: Tishomingo

Jeannie Barbour
Jeannie Barbour describes the danger Chickasaws faced as new arrivals in Indian Territory on lands long used by Plains tribes.