2m

Lowak Shoppala': Costumes for Scenes Before and After European Contact

Margaret Roach Wheeler

• Arts & Music

Margaret Roach Wheeler describes the costumes for the scenes before and after European contact in Lowak Shoppala'.

3m

The Bird: Lowak Shoppala' Costume

Margaret Roach Wheeler

• Arts & Music

Margaret Wheeler introduces the Bird Clan leader costume she designed for Lowak Shoppala', with feathers embedded in hand-woven silk wool.

4m 30s

The Removal: Lowak Shoppala' Costume

Margaret Roach Wheeler

• Arts & Music

Margaret Wheeler reflects on meeting Jerod Tate during which she equated Removal with stripping color from the lives of the Chickasaw people.

2m 30s

The Alligator Clan: Lowak Shoppala' Costumes

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler shows us this costume, inspired by a shell carving she found at the Smithsonian.

2m

The Panther Clan: Lowak Shoppala' Costumes

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler shows us this stunning costume, remembering when she realized that in Linda Hogan’s poem, this clan leader was a woman.

3m

The Minko: Lowak Shoppala' Costumes

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler notes the mannequins for her costume exhibit at the Cultural Center were designed to represent copper.

1m

Lowak Costumes: Detail on Clans

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler provides some background on the clans, which governed and provided social structure to early Indian villages.

1m

Margaret Wheeler Costumes at the Cultural Center

Lona Barrick

Lona Barrick talks about Margaret Roach Wheeler's beautiful designs and her exhibit at the Chickasaw Cultural Center.