Chickasaw tribal elders Jerry Imotichey (left) and Hannah Pitmon (right) stand with Joshua Hinson (middle), director of the Department of Chickasaw Language, in front of "The Arrival" statue at the ...

Once spoken by thousands, the Chickasaw language is quietly disappearing and its people are looking for a way to rescue it before it goes silent. In 2013, the Chickasaw lost their last native ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Emily Johnson Dickerson, the last remaining monolingual speaker of the Native American language of Chickasaw, has died. She was 93. The Chickasaw Nation said Friday that Dickerson ...

The Chickasaw Nation was originally settled in the southeastern United States but after the Indian Removal act of 1830, the tribe was forcibly relocated to present-day, south-central Oklahoma. Though ...

Emily Johnson Dickerson died at her home in Ada, Okla., last week. She was the last person alive who spoke only the Chickasaw language. "This is a sad day for all Chickasaw people because we have lost ...

SULPHUR, Okla. – Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby said the tribe’s cultural evening, hosted Oct. 3 at the Chickasaw Cultural Center as part of the Chickasaw Annual Meeting and Festival, ...

ARLINGTON, VA (November 5, 2015) - The Chickasaw Nation, the 12 th largest federally recognized Indian tribe in the United States and headquartered in Ada, Oklahoma, has enlisted Rosetta Stone Inc.

Faithlyn Taloa Seawright is ending her First American pageant career as the 2024 Miss Indian Oklahoma. As Miss Indian Oklahoma, Seawright is representing all 39 tribes in the state of Oklahoma for the ...

The last monolingual Chickasaw language speaker has died in her Oklahoma home at the age of 93. Emily "Shonsh-She" Johnson Dickerson, spoke only Chickasaw for her entire life and was one of an ...