Native American Tribes Nations and Confederacies:Chickasaw

Chickasaw, native North Americans, whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock occupied North Mississippi, and were closely related in language and culture to the Choctaw.

The Chickasaw warred constantly with the Choctaw, the Creek, the Cherokee, and the Shawnee. The decline of the Chickasaw can be traced back to the conflict for control of interior North America between France and Great Britain.

Probably due to the fact that British traders were established in their country before the settlement of Louisiana, the Chickasaw fought on the side of Great Britain, and any French attempts to make peace with them were unsuccessful.


In 1990 there were 21,500 Chickasaw in the United States.

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