Season 8

6 Episodes

Season 8 of Profiles of a Nation introduces Chickasaw poet Rebecca Hatcher Travis, World War II Code Talker Thelma "Chincie" Ross, guitarist Jeff Carpenter, Chickasaw Nation Chief Medical Solutions Officer Chris Anoatubby, electrical engineer Chris Carpenter and retired Fort Sill Museum Director Towana Spivey.

Towana Spivey

S8 • E6
Towana Spivey is a curator, historian, archaeologist, cultural preservationist and the former director of the Fort Sill Museum.

Chris Carpenter

S8 • E5
Chris Carpenter understands the importance of Chickasaw heritage.

Chris Anoatubby

S8 • E4
Chris Anoatubby is the Under Secretary of Tribal and Commercial Health.

Jeff Carpenter

S8 • E3
Jeff Carpenter offers listeners the opportunity to indulge in Native music comprised of both classical and rock elements.

Thelma Chincie Ross

S8 • E2
Chickasaw elder Thelma Chincie Ross was a World War II Code Talker Administrator.

Rebecca Hatcher Travis

S8 • E1
Rebecca Hatcher Travis explains that nearly all writings about the Chickasaws and other tribes were written from the Western perspective.