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Episodes

121 Episodes

The Three Sisters

S1 • E36
In Episode 36 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family talk about traditional agriculture and gardening.

Joshua Hinson

S7 • E6
Joshua Hinson, Director of the Department of Chickasaw Language, is passionate about language and how it emulates culture.

We Are Chickasaw

S1 • E1
In Episode 1 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family introduce themselves and say goodbye in Chickasaw.

Stickball!

S1 • E17
In Episode 17 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family talk about stickball.

Speaking Chickasaw

S1 • E2
In Episode 2 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, a Chickasaw family talks about speaking the traditional language.

My Family

S1 • E3
In Episode 3 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family identify each other in the traditional language.

How Old Are You?

S1 • E4
In Episode 4 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family talk about numbers and ages in the traditional language.

Two Dogs

S1 • E5
In Episode 5 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family describe animals and their colors in the traditional language.

Let's Make Pishofa

S1 • E6
In Episode 6 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family introduce describe how to prepare pishofa.

What Time Is It?

S1 • E7
In Episode 7 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, a Chickasaw family talks about telling time.

What Do We Do Today?

S1 • E8
In Episode 8 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family talk about themselves, others and also the days of the week.

Morning Routines

S1 • E9
In Episode 9 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family describe their morning activities.

Getting Dressed

S1 • E10
In Episode 10 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family identify clothing and colors.

Eating Breakfast

S1 • E11
In Episode 11 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family name breakfast foods and express wants.

What Are We Going to Do Today?

S1 • E12
In Episode 12 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family ask questions about the future.

What's the Weather Today?

S1 • E13
In Episode 13 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family describe weather conditions.

Meeting for Lunch

S1 • E14
In Episode 14 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family chat over lunch.

Learning a Language

S1 • E15
In Episode 15 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family communicate in a classroom setting.

What's Happening at the Community Center?

S1 • E16
In Episode 16 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family talk about the time of an event occurring at the local community center.

Winter

S1 • E18
In Episode 18 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, members of a Chickasaw family describe winter weather conditions and activities.
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Series

1 Series

Rosetta Stone Chickasaw

Learn Your Native Language with Rosetta Stone Chickasaw
Learn the Chickasaw language with dozens of immersive lessons, developed with native speakers and Rosetta Stone's award-winning online platform.

Videos

101 Videos

Yanash: The Chickasaw Word for Buffalo

The Chickasaw Nation
Listen, speak, and learn the Chickasaw word for “buffalo.”

Survival of the Chickasaw Language and Culture

The Boarding School Era
The 1800s demonstrated a period of change and adaptability for Native Americans.

Chickasaw Nation Martial Arts Program: "Combining Chickasaw and the Martial Arts"

Matt Clark
Children learn an appreciation for the Chickasaw language through lessons in the Martial Arts Program.

Chickasaw Nation Martial Arts Program: "The Sensei's Story"

Matt Clark
Matt Clark has two passions in life — martial arts and the Chickasaw language.

Putting the Chickasaw Language into the Martial Arts Program

Matt Clark
Matt Clark explains his love and passion for learning the Chickasaw language.

Meet My Mother, Fluent in Our Language

Nacobi Walker, Joann Ellis, and Johnna Walker
Johnna Walker describes how her mother helps keep the Chickasaw language alive for new speakers.

Language Lessons

Dr. Amanda Cobb-Greetham, Director of Native American Studies, University of Oklahoma
Dr. Amanda Cobb-Greetham, Director of Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, discusses the head-start language program.

Exploring the Chickasaw Language at the Cultural Center

Lisa Billy
Visitors delight in seeing, saying and learning the meanings of the Chickasaw words you'll see all around campus.

Launch Of The Clemente Courses

Lisa Billy
Lisa Billy reflects on the enriching experience it was to have taken this course, available at East Central University and Murray State College.

Sharing Our Language Connects Us

Lisa Billy
Chickasaw speaker Lisa Billy observes that when visitors at the Cultural Center see Chickasaw words around campus it prompts other phrases.

Hearing Elders Speaking Chickasaw

Lisa Billy
Lisa Billy recalls growing up, hearing a large group of elders speaking and praying in Chickasaw, and how it ignited her desire to learn it.

Using the Language to Engage Audiences

Lisa Billy
Teaching a class, Lisa has used her ability to speak Chickasaw to regain students' attention.

Importance of My Native Language

Lisa Billy
When Lisa Billy's children reached school age, she knew they would never be taught the history of their own people if they went to public school.

Our Language Speaks to Who We Are

Lisa Billy
The Chickasaw language is crucial to who we are.

Speaking Chickasaw in the Real World

Lisa Billy
Lisa Billy can identify with the plight of all Native American women who struggle to find the time to share the gift of language.

Language Camps for Families

Lisa Billy
Chickasaw language family camps are now available that can teach Chickasaw to the parents as well as the children.

Chickasaw as a Living Language

Lisa Billy
Though some Native American languages have been lost, Chickasaw continues to thrive as a living language.

Losing a Native Language

Dottie Lyda
Dottie Lyda tells a story of being sent to a boarding school where speaking the native language and taking part in cultural traditions was prohibited.

Unconquerable Chickasaw Language

Lisa Billy
These individuals have discovered a personal passion for the revitalization of the Chickasaw language.

The Unconquerable Chickasaw Language

The Chickasaw Nation
Many people tell the story of the Chickasaw language in this edition of Unconquerable.
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Profiles

5 Profiles

Rose Shields-Jefferson

Treasured elder and preserver of the Chickasaw language
Rose Shields-Jefferson was born in 1944 in Talihina, Oklahoma, and is the oldest of 13 children.

Luther John

Bringing his lifetime of knowledge of the Chickasaw language to new language learners
Chickasaw elder Luther John serves on the Chickasaw Language Committee and is a principal actor in the Rosetta Stone Chickasaw series.

Nevaeh Smith & Jariah Eyachabbe

The youngest stars of the Rosetta Stone Chickasaw language series
Fourteen-year-old Nevaeh & thirteen-year-old Jariah are two young Chickasaw citizens acting in the Rosetta Stone Chickasaw language lesson videos.

Kara Berst

Furthering the Chickasaw language for generations to come in Rosetta Stone Chickasaw
Kara Berst is a principal actor in the Rosetta Stone language series alongside her daughter, Nevaeh Smith.

Jason Eyachabbe

Bringing the Chickasaw language to life as Ben in Rosetta Stone Chickasaw
Jason Eyachabbe is a principal actor in the Rosetta Stone language series and plays the father, Ben, who has yet to learn to speak Chickasaw.

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Rosetta Stone Chickasaw Available Now

The Chickasaw Nation hopes this program will help to preserve the language for generations to come.