Present day site of Tchichatala, De Cresnay 1733 - The Territory Between the Chattahoochee and Mississippi Rivers and a Woodcut Bust of a Chickasaw Warrior by Bernard Romans

In the News

Here are some articles of interest pertaining to historic information and upcoming projects in the Tupelo, Mississippi area.

Chickasaw Heritage Center Update
By Ikana Foundation Staff - Updated 05/23/2022

CIF CEO Brady Davis Updates on the Chickasaw Heritage Center
By Ikana Foundation Staff - 05/12/2021

CIF Shares Vision of CHC with Mississippi Leaders
By Ikana Foundation Staff - 05/10/2021

2021 Mississippi Bond Authorization
By Ikana Foundation Staff - 05/10/2021

CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION SECURES $3 MILLION
By Ikana Foundation Staff - 09/28/2020

PRESERVING HISTORY OF AND FOR THE CHICKASAW
By Richard Green - 04/16/2018

CITY TO HELP BUILD ROAD FOR CHICKASAW HERITAGE CENTER
Northeast Mississippi's largest city is aiding the symbolic return of Indians evicted from the region nearly 200 years ago.
U.S. News - 02/11/2018

TUPELO CVB COMMITS UP TO $1M TO CHICKASAW CENTER
Daily Journal - 11/09/2016

VIDEO: NEW HERITAGE CENTER WILL CELEBRATE CHICKASAW CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS
Eric Lampkin - WCBI 10/28/2016

CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS ROAD TO A PLANNED CHICKASAW CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
National Park Service 08/15/2016

IMMENSE COLLECTION OF CHICKASAW ARTIFACTS ACQUIRED BY TRIBE
By Richard Green - 09/12/2014

TRIBAL GRANT PRESERVES CHICKASAW VILLAGE SITE
By Richard Green - 05/2005

CHICKASAW HISTORY - PAST TO PRESENT DAY
The Chickasaw Nation

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The Chickasaw Nation

Historian Richard Green has been researching and writing about the history of the Chickasaw Nation since 1994. Green has conducted extensive research with two objectives in mind: he uses primary and secondary sources to develop his own original writing and also makes copies of records, documents and articles for deposit in tribal repositories. Green interviews Chickasaws who would like to pass along information and stories about their lives. Many of Green's articles, essays, oral histories and profiles that appeared in The Journal of Chickasaw History while he was founding editor from 1994-99 and The Chickasaw Times from 1999 through 2010 are featured in his three volume set titled, Chickasaw Lives.
Volume One: Explorations in Tribal History, published in 2007.
Volume Two: Profiles and Oral Histories, published in 2009.
Volume Three: Essays Past and Present, published in 2010.
Volume Four: Tribal Mosaic, published in 2012.
All volumes are available from the Chickasaw Press.
He also authored Te Ata, Chickasaw Storyteller, American Treasure for the University of Oklahoma Press in 2002.

Click here to get more information on his published works.