2m

The Southeast Clan System Defined Societal Structure

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

LaDonna elaborates on the societal structure clans provided, such as who could be leaders, doctors or warriors.

1m 30s

Illustrations: "Of the Bird Clan" and "Of the Raccoon Clan"

Jeannie Barbour

• Arts & Music

Jeannie Barbour discusses two of her most famous works, "Of the Raccoon Clan" and "Of the Bird Clan."

1m

The Raccoon: Lowak Shoppala' Costume

Margaret Roach Wheeler

• Arts & Music

Margaret Wheeler introduces the Raccoon Clan leader costume she designed for Lowak Shoppala’.

1m 30s

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.

2m

Muskogean Tribes: Clan Systems Organized Life

Joshua Hinson, Director, Language Department, Division of Culture & Humanities, Chickasaw Nation

Clan structure and the smaller house groups were organizing forces from the Mississippian period until the middle 1800s.

3m

I Am a Chickasaw First

LaDonna Brown

She describes her ambition of bringing together being a trained archaeologist and being a Chickasaw.