We have reached the beginning of the new year.

The Chickasaw Nation’s fight to stem the spread of COVID-19 now includes nine “cottages” where COVID-19 positive patients can isolate.

Jeraldine “Jerry” Brown, a 2018 Chickasaw Hall of Fame inductee, veteran of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II, and member of the Chickasaw Warrior Society died Nov. 25 due to COVID-19 complications.

The fall 2020 issue of Chokma Chickasaw Magazine, an exclusive publication of the Chickasaw Nation, is currently available in digital format at no charge.

In the early morning hours of Dec. 16, Rhonda Brown, a Chickasaw elder and laboratory phlebotomy supervisor with the Chickasaw Nation Department of Health, received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination among Chickasaw employees.