Chickasaw woman chips in to assist hurricane victims
 Shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated the New Orleans area, Rhonda Barnett, a Chickasaw who lives in the Tulsa, Okla., area saw a story about a local company was offering to deliver high volume pumps to help clear the floodwaters.
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Chickasaw girl top artist in poster contest
 Morgan LaFountain, third grade Chickasaw student from Sulphur (OK) Elementary School, was recently honored as the overall winner of the Sulphur March of Dimes poster contest. |
Lighthorse Police conduct K-9 demonstration for area students
 Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police officer Steve Cash recently demonstrated the abilities of his K-9 partner ‘Kaya’ to students at Glenwood Elementary School in Ada. |
OSU Chickasaw student inducted into honor society
 Jake Vietzke, a Chickasaw from Pauls Valley, Okla., recently was inducted into Alpha Nu chapter of Phi Upsilon Omicron, at Oklahoma State University. |
Chickasaw law graduate community, political activist
 Chickasaw citizen Rhonda Rudd developed a passion for politics while studying as a political science student at the University of Central Oklahoma. |
Ardmore Head Start November ‘Star Students of the Month’
Chickasaw Nation Head Start, Ardmore, Classroom #3, would like to present their Star Students of the Month for November: Chelsey Carathers and Josh Kale. |
Chickasaw Youth Council members elected
The 2005 – 2006 Chickasaw Nation Youth Council members were recently selected by their peers at the Annual Fall Retreat. |
Rowe sworn in as Chickasaw Nation Special Judge
 Dustin P. Rowe was sworn in as Special Judge of the Chickasaw Nation District Court Wednesday, Oct. 26. Chief Justice Mark Holmes Colbert officiated the ceremony. |
Lt. Gov. Keel elected to Indian National Congress leadership
 Chickasaw Nation Lt. Governor Jefferson Keel was elected first vice-president of the National Congress of American Indians during the group’s recent national convention in Tulsa, Okla. |
Chickasaw veterans honored with special tribal medals
 On November 18, several senior Chickasaw veterans were honored with a special Chickasaw Nation Veterans Medal presentation during the annual senior Thanksgiving dinner. |
Chickasaw Nation CHRs honored
 Tammy Blevins-Purser was honored as tribal Community Health Representative of the year at the recent annual conference of the Oklahoma Association of Community Health Representatives. |
Chickasaw novelist, Pulitzer finalist ‘careful observer of the world’
 Renowned Chickasaw novelist, poet and playwright Linda Hogan recently visited Ada to speak to the Chickasaw Clemente class at East Central University. |
Chickasaw author encourages young writers to be intuitive
After a very successful 25-year career as a novelist, poet, playwright and teacher, Linda Hogan says she would most like aspiring writers to know that “they can do it too.” |
Chilocco reunion set for June; Indian veterans to be honored
The year 2006 will be the Class of 1966’s 40th anniversary. |
Ada Council to meet Dec. 15
The Ada Chickasaw Community Council met on November 17, 2005 at the Marie Bailey Building. |
Tribe hosts Child Development Conference at ECU
 The Chickasaw Nation Child Care Development Department hosted its Second Annual Child Development Conference on November 4-5 at East Central University in Ada. |
After School Program
 Students who participated in the Chickasaw Nation After School Program recently spent an afternoon carving pumpkins for the holidays. |
Hina Falaa production story of early Chickasaw Nation
 On November 7, the Chickasaw Theatre Company presented a one-act play entitled Hina Falaa, The Long Journey. |
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