Chickasaw Nation

Various spellings: Chickasaw, Chickesaw

Original homeland on the northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, western Kentucky and eeastern Arkansas.

The Chickasaw Nation is primarily associated with the state of Oklahoma.

Member of the Five Civilized Tribes: Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek and Seminole

Linguistic group: Muskhogean

History

Brief Timeline

1729: Natchez Revolt, the Natchez joind the Chickasaw

----: During the French and Indian War were allies of the British

1786: Hopewell Treaty; northern boundary of the Ohio River.

1809-11: Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, tried to unite Indians against the United States

1822: some moved west of the Mississippi

1832: ???

1837: removed to Indian Territory

1855: treaty separating land of Chickasaw and Choctaw.

Additional References to the History of the Tribe

Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Chickasaw tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Tribal Headquarters

Chickasaw Nation Headquarters
P.O. Box 1548
Ada, OK 74821
Phone: 580.436.2603

Records 

Correspondence and Census

Tribe	Agency	Location of Original Records	Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 Roll Number	FHL Film Number	Post-1885 Census M595 Roll Number	FHL Film Number
Chickasaw	Chickasaw Agency,         1824-70	Washington D.C.	Rolls 135-48	-	-	-
Chickasaw	Choctaw Agency, 1855-74	Washington D.C.	Rolls 169-96	-	-	-
Chickasaw	Muskogee Area Office, 1870-1952	Fort Worth	-	-	-	-
Chickasaw	Union Agency,     1875-1914	Washington D.C. and Fort Worth	Rolls 865-77	-	-	-

Treaties

• 1786 January 10, at Hopewell 
• 1801 October 24, at Chickasaw Bluffs 
• December 17, 1801
• 1805 July 23, 
• January 7, 1806, in Cherokee treaty
• August 9, 1814, Creek treaty
• 1816 September 20, at Chickasaw Council House 
• October 19, 1818, at Chickasaw Old Town
• 1830 August 31, at Franklin 
• 1832 October 20, at Chickasaw Council House (Pontitock) 
• 1832 October 22, supplementary 
• 1834 May 24, 
• 1837 January 17, at Doaksville 
• 1852 June 22, at Washington 
• 1854 November 4, at Doaksville 
• 1855 June 22, at Washington 
• 1865 September 13, at Fort Smith 
• 1866 April 28, at Washington  
• July 4, 1866, Delaware treaty

Important Web Sites

• Constitution of the Chickasaw Nation
• The Chickasaw Nation Official Web Site
• Chickasaw Nation Wikipedia

References

Bibliography

• Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
• Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; Family History Library book 970.1 R259e.
• Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; Family History Library book 970.1 G131g.

Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean

Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America

Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau

Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands

• Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .
  

Volume 1 -- Not yet published

Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751

Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371

Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.4.

Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.5.

Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.6.

Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311

Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.8.

Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; Family History Library book  970.1 H191h v.9.

Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.10.

Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; Family History Library book  970.1 H191h v.11.

Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; Family History Library book 970.1 H191h v.12.

Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643

Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176

Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; Family History Library book  970.1 H191h v.15.

Volume 16 -- Not yet published

Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746

Volume 18 -- Not yet published

Volume 19 -- Not yet published

Volume 20 -- Not yet published

• Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
• Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; Family Hisotry Library book  970.1 W146e 2006.

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