Elizabeth Rule

Season 17 • Episode 5

Meet Our People – The Enduring Spirit of the Chickasaw Nation

Dr. Elizabeth Rule is a professor of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies at American University in Washington, DC. And offers an extraordinary bona fide, "Being Chickasaw has been a central aspect of my life ... ever since I was a child, I had a strong Chickasaw identity."

Dr. Rule's work has been published in American Quarterly and the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, and her research has been featured in the Washington Post, The Atlantic and NPR. Her manuscript, Reproducing Resistance: Gendered Violence and Indigenous Nationhood, received the "Julien Mezey Award."

But no matter how far she travels, how many she enlightens, being a Chickasaw always brings her home. "I've been very fortunate to have strong role models within my own family. My father works as an attorney representing tribal interests. So, I was inspired to always think about ways to be engaged with, and give back to, my own indigenous community."

Elizabeth Rule

EPISODES

John Herrington

Dr. Judy Goforth Parker

Linda Briggs

Neal McCaleb

Mike Larsen

Dr. Jonathan Trent

Brian Campbell

Tom Love

Linda English Weeks

Dr. Debra Vaughn

William Paul

Jay Keel

Jerod Tate

Dr. Tina Cooper

Mike Weatherford

Mason Cole

Dr. Glen Johnson

Jennifer Barnes

Eric Henson

JudyLee Oliva

Kaylea Arnett

Jeannie Barbour

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Shay Buchanan

Dr. Suzanne Van Cooten

Melissa Tartsah Morgan and Vicky Gold

Matthew Neumeyer

Mike Larsen: Chickasaw Elders Series

Dr. Teresa Shavney

Beaulah Shavney

Courtney Parchcorn

Wyas Parker

Dr. Amanda Cobb-Greetham

John Herrington: Chickasaw Determination

Jerod Tate: Chickasaw Classical Music

T.W. Shannon

Daniel Worcester

Kristen Dorsey

Gary Sandefur

Brent Greenwood

Jay and Mike Mitchell

Maya Stewart

Jeremy Wallace

Michael & Tim Cornelius

Dawn Welch

Kristina Kirtley

Joshua Hinson

Rebecca Hatcher Travis

Thelma Chincie Ross

Jeff Carpenter

Chris Anoatubby

Chris Carpenter

Towana Spivey

Tessa Stamile

Harris Penner

Jud Little

Chad Burris

Dr. Traci Morris

Beth Perkins

Chickasaw Youth: Canoe-Kayak Team

Joshua Tingle

Paul C. Moore

Brenda Kingery

Dustin Mater

Brad Scott

Ellen Brooker

Steffani Cochran

Heather Ahtone

Louden Johnson

Zach Garcia

Ryanne Jordan

Benjamin Espinosa

Ezekiel Walker

Nathaniel Thomas

Dallas Sealey

Hailey Nutt

Steve Paniagua

Gerald Brisco