5m

Fine Gourd Art

S5 • E8

• Thrive: Traditions

Chickasaw artist Donna Welch recounts her two-decade journey of crafting art from gourds.

4m 30s

Woven Mats

S4 • E3

• Thrive: Traditions

Chickasaw weaver Kelley Lunsford appreciates the mathematical thinking and calming practice of creating reed mats.

4m

Quilt Making

S3 • E10

• Thrive: Traditions

Chickasaw quilter Peggy Immohotichey describes learning how to quilt by hand and working to keep the tradition alive.

6m

Woodturning

S3 • E7

• Thrive: Traditions

Chickasaw woodturner Vicki Somers describes the technical and spiritual dimensions of making discarded wood into art.

13m

Turkey Calls

S3 • E5

• Thrive: Traditions

Chickasaw master craftsman Wayne Edgar demonstrates the art of constructing and using traditional wild turkey calls.

3m 30s

Flint Knapping

S3 • E2

• Thrive: Traditions

Chickasaw flint knapper Matthew Griffin's love of archaeology led him to start crafting his own stone tools using traditional methods.

3m 30s

Beaded Jewelry

S3 • E1

• Thrive: Traditions

Artisan Melvin Burris, who makes baskets and jewelry, describes the passion behind his crafts.

4m 30s

Bow Making

S2 • E11

• Thrive: Traditions

Elihu says that if it wasn't for the Chickasaws' prowess with the bow and arrow, it's likely they would've been conquered by European explorers.

2m 30s

Drum Making

S2 • E9

• Thrive: Traditions

Since the beginning of the Chickasaws, drums and rattles were used in social dances.

2m 30s

Baskets

S2 • E4

• Thrive: Traditions

Chickasaw artisan Susan Ledford says that basket weaving is one of the oldest known Native American crafts in existence.

4m

Weaving

S2 • E2

• Thrive: Traditions

Chickasaw weaver Cotie Lancaster demonstrates her process of creating woven belts and mats using various types of looms.

3m 30s

Shell Carving

S2 • E1

• Thrive: Traditions

Dustin Mater is a Chickasaw citizen and accomplished artist in many different mediums, including shell carving.

3m

Metalsmithing

S1 • E5

Eddie Postoak is a Chickasaw citizen and artisan who works with metal.

3m 30s

Stickball Sticks

S1 • E2

Chickasaw citizen Jesse Lindsey is a fifth-generation artisan of stickball sticks.

3m 30s

Pottery

S1 • E1

Chickasaw potter Dixie Brewer demonstrates the ancient art of handcrafting pinch pots, which have been used for hundreds of years.

2m

Passing on Crafts to Family Members

Michael and Tim Cornelius

Michael Cornelius is a flute maker who specializes in crafting traditional Chickasaw flutes he constructs from river cane.

4m 30s

April 15, 2013 - Beading

Chickasaw Nation News

Tribal beading is a very important part of Chickasaw culture.

1m 30s

Putting Prayer Into My Pottery

Joanna Underwood Blackburn

Joanna Underwood Blackburn shares a recent fond memory from SEASAM and describes her tradition of praying over her pottery.

1m 30s

Pottery: Drawn to Chickasaw History

Joanna Underwood Blackburn

Joanna Underwood Blackburn was introduced to pottery as a college student at the University of Oklahoma.

1m 30s

Pottery: The Butterfly Design

Joanna Underwood Blackburn

Joanna Underwood Blackburn shares one of her pots with a butterfly design.

2m 30s

Coil-Building Pottery: Ancestral Technique

Joanna Underwood Blackburn

Joanna Underwood Blackburn explains that she learned the ancestral technique of coil-building pottery in college.

3m

Research: Chickasaw Pottery, Ancient Designs

Joanna Underwood Blackburn

Joanna Underwood Blackburn reflects on how she researched traditional Chickasaw pottery and ancient designs, materials and techniques.

2m

Pottery: Experimenting With New Techniques

Joanna Underwood Blackburn

Joanna Underwood Blackburn describes some of the techniques she uses to create her pottery.

1m

Pottery: Evolving My Designs

Joanna Underwood Blackburn

Chickasaw artist and potter Joanna Underwood Blackburn describes some of her favorite pottery designs.

4m 30s

How Flutes are Made

Michael Cornelius

• Arts & Music

Michael Cornelius describes how flutes are made.

2m

Cultural Center Moccasin Demonstrators

Experience the Chickasaw Nation

• Culture

Wear a symbol of Chickasaw Cultural Center experience.

2m

Making a Flute

Michael Cornelius

For more than 20 years, Michael Cornelius has been making traditional Chickasaw flutes.

1m 30s

Artist Jeremy Wallace: Creation of Blow Guns

The Chickasaw Southeastern Art Show & Market

• Arts & Music

Chickasaw artist and musician Jeremy Wallace described how the art of his blowguns evolved and the history of their use.

1m 30s

Pottery: Evidence of Ancient Fabric

Margaret Roach Wheeler

• Arts & Music

Margaret Roach Wheeler says that evidence of ancient Chickasaw fibers and fabric have been found in pottery excavated from mound sites.

3m

Chickasaw Pottery at Tupelo Archaeological Site

Joanna Underwood Blackburn

Joanna Underwood Blackburn describes her visit to the Tupelo, Mississippi, archaeological site where Chickasaw pottery was being excavated.

2m 30s

Reviving Southeastern Pottery Design

Joanna Underwood Blackburn

Joanna Underwood Blackburn shares a story about meeting other artists who are also reviving the pottery designs of the southeastern tribes.

1m 30s

When the Animals Spoke: Woodpecker and the Flute

Michael Cornelius

Chickasaw culture keeper and flute-player Michael Cornelius tells the well-loved story about how the flute came to the Chickasaw people.