Chickasaw
Chick·a·saw
C0286400 (chĭk′ə-sô′)Chickasaw
(ˈtʃɪkəˌsɔː)Chick•a•saw
(ˈtʃɪk əˌsɔ)n., pl. -saws, (esp. collectively) -saw.
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | Chickasaw - the Muskhogean language of the Chickasaw |
单词 | chickasaw | ||||||
释义 | ChickasawChick·a·sawC0286400 (chĭk′ə-sô′)Chickasaw(ˈtʃɪkəˌsɔː)Chick•a•saw(ˈtʃɪk əˌsɔ)n., pl. -saws, (esp. collectively) -saw.
ChickasawChickasaw(chĭk`əsô), Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languagesNative American languages,languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. ). They occupied N 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 to the conflict for control of interior North America between France and Great Britain. Probably because British traders were established in their country before the settlement of Louisiana, the Chickasaw fought on the side of Great Britain, and French attempts to make peace with them were unsuccessful. After 1834 they moved, according to treaty arrangements, to Oklahoma, where they constituted one of the Five Civilized TribesFive Civilized Tribes, inclusive term used since mid-19th cent. for the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes of E Oklahoma. By 1850 some 60,000 members of these tribes were settled in the Indian Territory under the Removal Act of 1830, which provided that ..... Click the link for more information. . In 1990 there were 21,500 Chickasaw in the United States. BibliographySee A. M. Gibson, The Chickasaws (1971). Chickasaw
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