3m

Mississippi Homelands: Scenic Tour

Experience Chickasaw History and Culture

The Chickasaw legacy is strong, seen in many place names that reflect the people who, for centuries, inhabited these rivers and woodlands.

2m 30s

Mississippi Officials Visit the Chickasaw Nation

Richard Green

In 2001, the city of Tupelo had long wanted to see a Chickasaw Cultural Center developed.

2m

Tupelo Excitement About Chickasaw Heritage

Richard Green

In the Tupelo area, great interest had been expressed in the Chickasaws since the ‘70s.

2m

Tours to Our Homelands: A Spiritual Connection

LaDonna Brown, Tribal Anthropologist, Department of History & Culture, Chickasaw Nation

The Chickasaws’ tie to their homelands goes beyond boundaries and remains their spiritual homeland.

1m 30s

Emerald Mound and Others in Our Homelands

LaDonna Brown

LaDonna surveys other mounds from the Woodland and Mississippian period.

1m 30s

Our Ancestral Homelands

Lisa Billy

Lisa Billy recalls her first trip in 2000 to visit the Chickasaw homelands in Mississippi.

2m

The Tribe's Plan to Reenter Mississippi: Early Interest

Richard Green

• Historic Figures

Richard Green reports that in about 1978, Gov. Overton James responded to an invitation to tour the tribe's ancestral homelands in Mississippi.

2m 30s

An Awakening in Tupelo, Mississippi

Jeannie Barbour

Jeannie Barbour describes the wellspring of interest in Chickasaw heritage emerging in the Tupelo, Mississippi, area.