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unusual facts about Chickasaw


Chickasaw, Alabama

It was the subject of a Supreme Court of the United States decision (Marsh v. Alabama, 326 U.S. 501 (1946)), which stated that despite being a privately owned town, because it functioned as a town open to the public, the right conferred by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution cannot be abridged.


Al Qöyawayma

In 2002, astronaut John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw tribe, took one of Qöyawayma's ceramic pots into orbit aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-113, which docked with the International Space Station.

Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz

During the uprising by the Natchez, Chickasaw and Yazoo, which Le Page described in detail, the Natives destroyed the Fort Rosalie and killed nearly all of the male French colonists there.

Azalea Park, Florida

Schools within the neighborhood include Azalea Park Elementary School, Chickasaw Elementary School, Dover Shores Elementary, Englewood Elementary School, Stonewall Jackson Middle School, and Colonial High School.

Chickasaw Gardens

21 Grams, which featured Sean Penn and Naomi Watts and was nominated for two Academy Awards, was partially shot in a Chickasaw Gardens house.

Ernest Goes to School

Ernest (Jim Varney) works as a janitor at Chickasaw Falls High School, which is facing closure due to the School Board's decision to merge other schools in the area.

Gibson County, Tennessee

Soon after the Chickasaw Cession, the first log cabin in what was to become Gibson County had been built by Thomas Fite about eight miles (13 km) east of present day Trenton.

Gideon Lincecum

Lincecum had contact with Chickasaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Choctaw Native Americans before the Indian Removals of the 1830s began.

John Herrington

The flag had been presented to him by Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby.

Minco, Oklahoma

The town was originally included in the Chickasaw Nation, and is believed to be named after the great Chickasaw chief and warrior, Itawamba Minco, who later acquired the name of Levi Colbert.

T. Jeff Busby

Born near Short, Mississippi, Busby attended the common schools of his native city, Oakland College, Yale, Mississippi, and Iuka Normal Institute at Iuka, Mississippi, then taught in the public schools of Tishomingo, Alcorn, and Chickasaw counties in Mississippi from 1903 to 1908.

Taishanese

The digraph "lh" used above to represent this sound is used in Totonac, Chickasaw and Choctaw, which are among several written representations in the languages that include the sound.

Te Ata

Te Ata Fisher, American Chickasaw Indian actress and story teller

Trebloc, Mississippi

Trebloc is named after a historic Chickasaw-Scots family located in the area named "Colbert"; Trebloc is "Colbert" spelled backwards.


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