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. LaDonna Brown, Tribal Anthropologist for the Chickasaw Nation Department of History & Culture, has led many tours of Chickasaw people from Oklahoma to the Mississippi area – through the woods, parks and trails, she sees them make the powerful spiritual connection the homeland. It says without a doubt, “this is Chickasaw land.”

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