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Four-legged public service: Meet the Chickasaw Lighthorse K-9 team

Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Chickasaw oral history and archaeology reveals our ancestors migrated to the historic Chickasaw Homeland centuries ago with protection provided by Ofi' Tohbi' Ishto (Large White Dog).

Celebrate the season at the McSwain Theatre with holiday shows

Monday, December 01, 2025

Celebrate holiday magic at the McSwain Theatre with two entertaining shows in December.

Students help cultivate a legacy while planting trees at a nature preserve

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

More than a dozen Chickasaw Head Start students cultivated a legacy as they helped plant trees at the Oka' Yanahli (flowing water) Preserve along the banks of the Blue River Oct. 7.

Sophie Mater: from the cabin to the cockpit

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Sophie Mater cut her teeth on international travel. While her father, Dustin Mater, is Chickasaw, her mother, Titi, is from Indonesia, and they would often fly the 10,000 miles to visit family.

Chickasaw Nation Medical Center surgery team ranked in top 10% in hospital initiative

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

The Chickasaw Nation Department of Health’s Ada Medical Center surgery team has been recognized for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2023.

Amelia Cook: First American perspectives of science education

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Amelia Cook doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t interested in science.

Jae L. & Crossover Band to appear at McSwain Theatre Nov. 15 with special guests

Monday, November 10, 2025

The historic McSwain Theatre will be rocking with the sounds of Jae L. & Crossover 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15 with special guests.

Strong female tribal examples helped forge career

Monday, November 10, 2025

Robin Lee Corley’s Chickasaw heritage was cemented at an early age as she absorbed the subtle lessons of strength she saw in her grandmother and her grandmother’s three sisters.

WWII monument honors First Americans who helped liberate Italy

Monday, November 10, 2025

In September 1943, a major Allied offensive launched on the southwest Italian coast off the Tyrrhenian Sea proved successful in securing a beachhead despite fierce German resistance.

Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys to perform at the McSwain Theatre, Ada, Nov. 7

Tuesday, November 04, 2025

A legendary Western swing band will entertain the crowd with its quintessential brand of toe-tapping music at the McSwain Theatre 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7.