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Overton James (July 21, 1925 – September 16, 2015) was an educator and Governor of the Chickasaw Nation.After graduating from college, he taught school in Oklahoma. He was first appointed Governor in 1963 and served until 1971.
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 ...
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.
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]
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]
Billy Joe Anoatubby (born November 8, 1945) is the 32nd Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, a position he has held since 1987. From 1979 to 1987, Anoatubby served two terms as Lieutenant Governor of the Chickasaw Nation in the administration of Governor Overton James, after being popularly elected to office. [1] He is a member of the Democratic ...
Pickens County was a political subdivision of the Chickasaw Nation in the Indian Territory from 1855, prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state in 1907. The county was one of four that comprised the Chickasaw Nation. Following statehood, its territory was divided among several Oklahoma counties that have continued to the present.
Carter County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,003. [1] Its county seat is Ardmore. [2] The county was named for Captain Ben W. Carter, a Cherokee who lived among the Chickasaw. [3] Carter County is part of the Ardmore Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is also a part of the Texoma region.