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Overton James was Governor of the Chickasaw Nation from 1963 to 1987. Born July 21, 1925 in Bromide, Oklahoma to Chickasaw parents, Rufus (Cub) James and Vinnie May Seely, he was raised in Wapanucka, Oklahoma. His Chickasaw name is Itoahtubbi. [1] After graduation from high school in Wapanucka, James spent two and a half years in the U.S. Navy.
The center of Ardmore is 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Gene Autry by highways 53 and 77. The Chickasaw National Recreation Area is to the north. [8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.1 square miles (10.7 km 2), of which 4.1 square miles (10.5 km 2) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km 2), or 1.72%, is ...
The Chickasaw Nation (Chickasaw: Chikashsha IÌ yaakni) is a federally recognized Indigenous nation with headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma, in the United States.The Chickasaw Nation descends from an Indigenous population historically located in the southeastern United States, including present-day northern Mississippi, northwestern Alabama, southwestern Kentucky, and western Tennessee. [1]
Lone Grove is a city in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 5,054 at the 2010 census. [4] It is part of the Micropolitan Statistical Area of Ardmore. The city, located 7 miles (11 km) west of Ardmore on U.S. Route 70, is a bedroom community, with many residents employed in Ardmore.
Douglas Hancock Cooper Johnston (October 16, 1856 – June 28, 1939, Chickasaw), also known as "Douglas Henry Johnston", was a tribal leader who served as the last elected governor of the Chickasaw Nation from 1898 to 1902. He was re-elected in 1904.
Charles W. Blackwell (July 30, 1942 – January 2, 2013, Chickasaw Nation) was an American lawyer, educator, activist, and diplomat, who served as the first Ambassador of the Chickasaw Nation to the United States of America, from 1995 until his death in 2013. [1]
Carter was of Chickasaw and Cherokee descent. [1] He attended the Indian day schools and Chickasaw Manual Training Academy at Tishomingo. Carter was employed on a ranch from 1887 to 1889 and in a mercantile establishment in Ardmore, Oklahoma, from 1889 to 1892. He married Ada Gertrude Wilson on December 29, 1891 and they had four children ...
Johnston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,272. [1] Its county seat is Tishomingo. [2] It was established at statehood on November 16, 1907, and named for Douglas H. Johnston, a governor of the Chickasaw Nation.