Press Releases | Chickasaw Nation

Five Tribes to honor each other’s hunting and fishing licenses through reciprocity agreement

Friday, July 12, 2024

Tribal members and citizens of the Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Muscogee Nation and very soon Seminole Nation can utilize their tribal membership to enjoy hunting and fishing in participating tribes’ treaty territories.

Chickasaw Nation Head Start graduates 63 for future educational success

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

The Chickasaw Nation Head Start (Head Start) program in Ardmore closed the 2024 academic year in May with a playing of the traditional “Pomp and Circumstance.”

Tishomingo Chickasaw Nation Head Start wraps up 2024 academic year

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

The Chickasaw Nation Head Start program (Head Start) in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, graduated 24 students in May.

Chickasaw Nation and Small Business Administration discuss Sulphur rebuild

Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby, along with tribal leadership and state and local officials, met with U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman June 4 to discuss rebuilding the community after an EF-4 tornado slammed into the downtown area April 27, leveling multiple businesses and homes.

Chickasaw youth earns first at Red Earth

Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Aiden Coleman has been reminding his mother he is a “professional artist” recently, and he’s right.

Award-winning play focuses on MMIW

Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Author and playwright Laura Shamas, Ph.D., was selected to receive a 2023 Los Angeles New Play Project (LANPP) Award.

HUD officials view results of Chickasaw Nation housing programs

Tuesday, July 02, 2024

The Chickasaw Nation welcomed visitors from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban development (HUD) April 17.

Chickasaw Nation WIC Program Seeks Comments

Tuesday, July 02, 2024

The Chickasaw Nation is soliciting comments from individuals regarding the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

Ground broken for Chickasaw Heritage Center in Mississippi

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby led groundbreaking ceremonies June 26 to kick off construction of the Chickasaw Heritage Center located within the tribe’s historic Homeland in Mississippi.

Miss Vail, Abby Dennis, to shine light on cancer survivors in Miss Colorado pageant July 13-14

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

A cancer survivor is preparing to compete in the 2024 Miss Colorado pageant in July and aims to bring a bit of hope for the future to others touched by the disease.