Our Ancestral Homelands

Lisa Billy

Lisa Billy recalls her first trip in 2000 to visit the Chickasaw homelands in Mississippi. She says she felt the extreme cultural significance immediately and explains why the experience was so powerful.

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Tours to Our Homelands: A Spiritual Connection

LaDonna Brown, Tribal Anthropologist, Department of History & Culture, Chickasaw Nation
The Chickasaws’ tie to their homelands goes beyond boundaries and remains their spiritual homeland.

Mississippi: Hungry to Hear Our History

Lisa Billy
Lisa describes participating in a Chautauqua organized by the University of Mississippi in about 2000.

The Pull of Mississippi

Linda Hogan
Linda Hogan strongly advises that every Chickasaw – every descendent of the tribe’s ancestors from Mississippi – should go back.

Caring for Our Ancestral Homelands and Archeological Remains

Joshua Hinson
Josh Hinson explains how the Chickasaw Nation is committed to preserving their ancestral homelands.