4m 30s

The Removal: Lowak Shoppala' Costume

Margaret Roach Wheeler

• Arts & Music

Margaret Wheeler reflects on meeting Jerod Tate during which she equated Removal with stripping color from the lives of the Chickasaw people.

1m 30s

The Storyteller: Lowak Shoppala' Costume

Margaret Roach Wheeler

• Arts & Music

Margaret Wheeler introduces this costume she designed for the Lowak Shoppala’ Storyteller, who tells a turtle tale.

2m

Costumes for Lowak Dance Troupe, Scene 2

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler shows us her costumes for the second number performed by the six couples, reflecting 18th century dress.

2m 30s

The Alligator Clan: Lowak Shoppala' Costumes

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler shows us this costume, inspired by a shell carving she found at the Smithsonian.

2m

The Panther Clan: Lowak Shoppala' Costumes

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler shows us this stunning costume, remembering when she realized that in Linda Hogan’s poem, this clan leader was a woman.

2m

The Skunk Clan: Lowak Shoppala' Costumes

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler shows us the Skunk Clan costume and how she worked with felted silk wool.

3m

The Minko: Lowak Shoppala' Costumes

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler notes the mannequins for her costume exhibit at the Cultural Center were designed to represent copper.

2m

Costumes for Lowak Dance Troupe, Scene 1

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler shows us the costumes she designed for six Chickasaw Dance Troupe couples who dance in two numbers.