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The Mounds: Built for Divine Leaders

Richard Green

As tribal historian Richard Green relates, Mound civilizations believed their leaders had divine powers.

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The Three Sisters: A Hallmark of Indian Tables

Experience Chickasaw History and Culture

LaDonna Brown describes the components of mound sites, where the inhabitants planted large fields with corn, beans and squash.

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Descending from Clans: A Matrilineal Society

Joshua Hinson

• Matriarchs

Joshua Hinson explains that traditionally, Chickasaw heritage descended solely from the female.

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Clan Systems in a Matrilineal Society

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

LaDonna Brown explains how the clan system provided a societal structure for the southeastern tribes.

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The Five Tribes: Matrilineal Societies

Jeannie Barbour

• Matriarchs

Jeannie Barbour explains that southeastern tribes share a matrilineal societal organization.

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The Dawes Commission

Richard Green, Author & Former Chickasaw Nation Historian

Not long after removal, the 1887 Dawes Act set the stage for abolishment of the tribes and their domains.

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Post-Removal: Restoring Our Strength

Lona Barrick

During the post-removal era, Chickasaws began gathering in groups and eventually in churches.

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Next Book: The Dawes Commission

Dr. Daniel Littlefield

Dr. Littlefield looks ahead at his next publication on the Dawes Commission, the creation of the policy and how tribes had to learn to negotiate.