A Vivid Passage on Proud Chickasaws

Richard Green, Author & Former Chickasaw Nation Historian

Richard Green, author & former Chickasaw Nation Historian, reads an excerpt from a chronicler's account of the removal period, which describes the strikingly beautiful procession of Chickasaws on horseback along the removal road in Arkansas. Proud and impeccably dressed, the Native Americans in the scene left a great impression.

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