Press Releases | Chickasaw Nation

ARTesian Gallery & Studios reopens

Thursday, February 20, 2025

The ARTesian Gallery & Studios reopened in January following a brief closure to repair damage caused by an EF3 tornado on April 27, 2024.

Brittanie Peake combines love for biomedical and veterinary sciences

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Brittanie Peake grew up in southern Oklahoma City in a single parent household.

The Chickasaw Nation works to enhance monarch butterfly population

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

At the Chickasaw Nation, collaborations come in many shapes and sizes. One of these collaborations is the planted butterfly gardens in and around the Chickasaw Nation.

Staunch supporter of First American health care inducted into American Academy of Nursing

Monday, February 10, 2025

Judy Goforth Parker, Ph.D., APRN, CNP, FACHE, has dedicated more than half her life to bettering the health of others.

Chickasaw student accepted to MIT

Monday, February 03, 2025

A dream of attending the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) turned into reality for Chickasaw citizen James Eric Byrd.

Repurposed emergency facility reflects Chickasaw Nation’s disaster preparedness

Monday, February 03, 2025

Chickasaw Nation Lt. Governor Chris Anoatubby recently welcomed Federal Emergency Management Agency officials to the tribe’s emergency management facility in Ada to highlight its readiness to address a wide variety of disasters, should they arise.

Local counties marked by Chickasaw Nation history, economic development

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Businesspeople know three factors outweigh virtually all others in determining whether an entrepreneurial enterprise will succeed.

Pontotoc County DA Erik Johnson signs MOU with Chickasaw Nation

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Pontotoc County District Attorney (DA) Erik Johnson and the Chickasaw Nation are blazing trails for intergovernmental cooperation with a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help prioritize and ensure proper jurisdiction for prosecuting charges that come before them.

Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations Intervene in Federal Lawsuits to Protect Public Safety and Enforce Jurisdictional Laws

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Today, the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations moved to intervene in support of U.S. Department of Justice lawsuits against two Oklahoma district attorneys – Matt Ballard and Carol Iski – who have continually violated federal law by seeking to prosecute tribal defendants whose cases must be tried in federal or tribal courts.

The Chickasaw Nation announces call for presenters for the 2025 Dynamic Women of the Chickasaw Nation Conference

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

The Chickasaw Nation Literary Arts Division is accepting presentation proposals for the 2025 Dynamic Women of the Chickasaw Nation (DWCN) Conference now through Jan. 31.