Culture & Humanities

The Chickasaw Nation continues to offer a variety of programs and services to meet the needs of citizens. To learn more about programs and services related to culture & humanities, click the link below.

The Chickasaw Nation Arts and Humanities Division encourages student, amateur and professional photographers to participate in the three-category...

We are excited to announce the 11th annual Artesian Arts Festival will be April 13, 2024, in Sulphur...

The ARTesian Gallery & Studios, located across the street from the Artesian Hotel and Spa at 101 West Muskogee in Sulphur, offers nearly 7,400 square feet of space to celebrate and share a variety of...

The artist directory is a listing of visual, literary, performing, film, video and/or radio artists of Southeastern or Woodland tribal...

Butterflies are symbolic of the beauty, inspiration and determination of Chickasaw women throughout...

The Chickasaw Nation Cemetery Preservation Program provides clean-up, identification and documentation for existing Chickasaw cemeteries within the Chickasaw Nation boundaries.  The approved application process helps determine the scope of clean-up of an abandoned family cemetery, to perform an initial evaluation of cemetery conditions and to develop a plan of work upon approval. The program is capable of locating graves using Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment and evaluating below-ground disturbances using ground penetrating radar...

Gain archaeological fieldwork experience during a one-week journey to the Chickasaw...

Explore the identity, survival, history, culture and creativity of the Chickasaw people, with two humanities courses offered variety of accredited colleges and universities in...

The Chickasaw Historical Society was established by tribal law on April 15...

The Chickasaw language is viewed as a gift from the ancestors for all Chickasaw people. Chickasaws believe that the language was given to them by Chihoowa or Abaꞌ Binniꞌliꞌ (God), and that it is an obligation to care for it: to learn it, speak it and teach it to...

Living History Players – The Chickasaw Living History Players theatre group was created in...

Living History Play/Stories/Vignettes – New original plays, stories and vignettes based on Chickasaw history, court cases and family stories which are for audiences of all ages are being sought.  They can be short, two to 20 pages or long, 20 plus...

Open to Chickasaw citizens in grades six-12 and ages 18 and older, this free contest allows writers to exercise and share their...


The Chickasaw Nation School of Music offers piano instruction including beginner, elementary and intermediate...

This language program is dedicated to creating new Chickasaw language teachers through structured immersion...



Chickasaw women who have made significant contributions to the Chickasaw Nation and its citizens, served as role models and who have made a difference by enriching their communities and society at large are honored at the annual Dynamic Women of the Chickasaw Nation...

Chickasaw Nation film/video programs and services offers quality, professional-level video and audio...

Head shot and resume workshops designed for actors, models, singers, dancers and technical support for all ages and levels of experience and are offered throughout the...

The Chickasaw Nation Division of Historic Preservation is responsible for consulting with federal agencies when they take actions that might impact sacred sites and culturally significant historic sites in the homelands...

The Holba’ Kana’li Film Series began in 2009 as a way of showcasing Native American and Indigenous film and...

Chickasaw Nation Homeland Affairs is dedicated to preserving and sharing Chickasaw history and culture in our historic...

The Chickasaw Nation Arts & Humanities Division hosts the Imanoli writers’ conference annually at the Chickasaw Nation Business and Conference Center on East Central University’s campus in Ada...

Kullihoma is located between Ada and Allen on Highway 1. It was established after the passage of the Indian Welfare Act of...

The Lowak Sho’li Humanities Forum has been hosted annually since 2012 to encourage First American youth and college students to pursue a career in arts and humanities while providing an opportunity for open dialogue with the community about the importance of First American...

Chickasaw Nation Division of Arts and Humanities is offering a series of playwriting classes for anyone wanting to gain playwriting...

The Chickasaw Theatre Company began performing radio plays in...

Software Platform Rosetta Stone is an award-winning language learning software...

The Southeastern Art Show and Market (SEASAM) and SEASAM Youth have been part of the Chickasaw Annual Meeting and Festival since...

Passing accounts of our history from one generation to the next evolved differently in Chickasaw culture compared to European...

Enjoy a diverse variety of fiction, periodicals, children’s books, biographies, histories, magazines and general reference materials at the Chickasaw Nation Tribal...