Native American Tribes

The first website I found was for the Chickasaw Tribe in Oklahoma. On their page you can learn about their history and about the Chickasaw Tribe in today’s world.

They do not go into much detail about the history of their tribe they say little more about their early encounters with white people other than that they “conducted a successful trade business with... the French and English” and that they sided with the English in the French and Indian War. It then briefly mentions how they were relocated during the Great Removal to where they are now.

Like their history, they don’t mention much about the present day situation of the tribe. However, they do encourage people to come and “try your luck” at one of their multiple casinos, showing that they are taking advantage of their situation in the modern world. However, they also express a desire to “preserve our heritage of history, language and culture”, and so keeping their traditions alive.

The second website I found was for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California.

They say even less on their website about their history than the Chickasaw Tribe did, simply stating that they once lived a nomadic lifestyle before settling around the Lake Tahoe area which was “directly in the path of explorers, immigrants, and gold-seekers.”

Again, like the Chickasaw Tribe, little is mentioned about their situation today. However, we can see that they too have built a successful new lifestyle based on the tourist trade and on the gaming industry.

With both Tribes’ websites, it is difficult to find any mention of the struggles that they have been through in the past, and which they are still going through today. On both of these websites, they talk mainly about the politics of the modern day, and of elections for new Tribal leaders and the like.