Identity and Language Revitalization in the Chickasaw Renaissance
by
Jenny L. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
In south-central Oklahoma and much of “Indian Country,” using an Indigenous language is colloquially referred to as “talking Indian.” Among older Chickasaw community members, the phrase is used more often than the name of the specific language, Chikashshanompa’ or Chickasaw. As author Jenny...