The Pull of Mississippi

Linda Hogan

Linda Hogan strongly advises that every Chickasaw – every descendent of the tribe’s ancestors from Mississippi – should go back. When they arrive, they feel it, fall on the ground – “they’re home.” She laughingly illustrates with her stark recognition – while adventuring in a wet suit – of the bone-chilling cold she realized her forebears had to endure.

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