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History Timeline
The Chickasaw Nation from Prehistory to the Present Day
Explore the rich history of the Chickasaw Nation.
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Prehistory
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This era spans our ancestors' discovery of stone tools to the rise and fall of prehistoric cities and the beginning of the clan system.
Discovery
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The end of the Mississippi era was marked by the Europeans' arrival to what they called the "New World."
Nations Collide
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The Chickasaws enter into an alliance with the British, ensuring their survival in a looming battle with other Nations.
Early America
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As the British gained their edge over France, colonists began pressing for independence. The Revolutionary War confounded the Chickasaws.
Resistance
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Chickasaws' lives in their ancestral homelands drew to a sorrowful close.
Territorial Era
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Astute leadership and strategic negotiating put the Chickasaws in charge of their own removal, faring far better than the first four southeast tribes.
A New State
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Oklahoma reached statehood in 1907, but tribal rights for the Chickasaw were retained in the new constitution.
Reasserting Sovereignty
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With the leadership of President Richard Nixon, tribal nations were once again able to assert their sovereignty.
Renaissance
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Through centuries of struggle, the Chickasaw remained an unconquered people.