The Chickasaw Nation lost its oldest elder recently — Daisy Blackbird passed away on April 12, 2012 at the age of 109. Born on January 18, 1903 in Tupelo, OK in Indian Territory before Oklahoma became a state. She and her husband were married for 25 years, and although she didn't have children of her own, she treated those of her siblings and friends as her own. A member of Mike Larsen's "Elders" gallery, she believed a life well-lived included honesty, love and family.