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Monumental Earthworks: Advanced Civilizations

Experience Chickasaw History and Culture

LaDonna Brown notes that the Mississippian period existed from about 900 A.D. to 1400 A.D.

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Decline of Mound Culture

Richard Green

Richard Green notes that around 1400-1500, the end of the prehistoric Mississippian era was signaled as the chiefdoms went into decline.

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Similarities Between Mississippian Origins and Historic Chickasaws

Bill Bomar

Bill Bomar explains how the clan system played a major role in the way the Moundville site and other historic Native American towns were laid out.

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The Chickasaws Settled on Ridge Tops

Richard Green

Tribal Historian Richard Green points out that the Chickasaws settled in east-central or northeastern Mississippi.

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Chokkilissa: A Place where Chickasaws Can Dance Again

Brad Lieb

Chokkilissa, or the "Old Town" as it became known, should became a place "where the Chickasaws can dance again."