Chickasaw Trails Association

07/09/2019

06/19/2019

Are you ready? Our Unknown Child exhibit is now open to the public! Come see this new exhibit alongside our new Early Jewish Settlers exhibit.

12/16/2016

Great collaboration underway in North Mississippi to preserve the cultural homelands of the Native Chickasaw people.

12/11/2016

Members of the Chickasaw Trails Association enjoyed visiting with Gov. Bill Anoatubby, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma and members of his staff during the recent Inkana dinner in Tupelo. Gov. Anoatubby and other speakers informed those in attendance of the new Chickasaw cultural heritage center being developed in Tupelo. DeSoto and surrounding counties on the western perimeter of the Nation's cultural homelands have embarked on preserving and protecting Chickasaw culture.

07/23/2016

Worthy to note that the University of Mississippi's 2016 Faulkner Conference highlighted the influence of Native American Chickasaw and Choctaw culture in the works of the late Nobel Prize winning author William Faulkner. "Red Leaves," a short story by Faulkner was later made into a short film and several of Faulkner's works were interwoven with Native American legend. This culture, which has all but disappeared in Northern Mississippi, has been championed by organizations such as the Chickasaw Trails Association, the DeSoto County Museum and the DeSoto Greenways organization among other groups ...

01/15/2015

Exciting things ahead for the proposed new walking trail system in Horn Lake. The trails will honor the Chickasaw Nation's heritage in the area. The CTA is proud to play a part.

06/01/2014

Great things ahead for the Chickasaw Trails Association in 2014. Executive Director Robert Long and Chairman Brian Hicks are slated to speak at the Horn Lake Library June 19 at 6 p.m. on the history of the Chickasaw in the DeSoto County area. The last Saturday in October, the world famous Chickasaw Dancers from Oklahoma will return to DeSoto County at the DeSoto County Museum for a day of festivities to kick off native American Month. Plans are being made to bring back the popular bike ride with a new route next year, in 2015. This past year, our board members have attended lectures on preservation at the University of Memphis by Kirk Perry, Chickasaw Trails Administrator, and spoke to more than 2,000 students about the history of the Chickasaw in the DeSoto County Schools. At Blocker Cemetery in Olive Branch this past month, we honored the legacy of Lush-Pun-Tubby, a Chickasaw warrior, enshrined in the Olive Branch Hall of Fame, with a living history demonstration. Our Native American friends, Tish Self and Lee Self of Batesville, did a fantastic job! Thanks to Kim Terrell with the DeSoto County Tourism Association and Pat Hamilton along with other Olive Branch officials. We are also working with Larry Jarrett with DeSoto County Greenways and the City of Horn Lake to name a 500-acre preserve in honor of the Chickasaw Nation's first governor, Cyrus Harris, a former Horn Lake resident. Two trails are being named in honor of the Chickasaw at the ARK location: Issi Yakni (Land of the Deer) and Kowee Ishto (Panther). Thanks to Val Smith and her board for their collaboration. The Word for the Day is Isht-Poon-Foo-Hayip which is the Chickasaw phrase for "Horn Lake."

10/08/2013

The Chickasaw Trails Red Pride Bike Ride is being revamped for next year with a new route, new events, etc. Thanks for the support our group has received with the event in past years. The Chickasaw Trails Association remains very active in promoting the region's Native American heritage with several projects under way. Most recently, the CTA re-dedicated an original section of the existing Chickasaw Trail off Tchulahoma Road in Southaven, MS.

08/16/2013

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07/26/2012

The Second Annual Red Pride Bike Ride benefitting the Chickasaw Trails Association is planned for Saturday, Oct. 27 at 9 a.m. Sign-ups and registrations are being taken. For more info call 901-848-6041.