There have been just too many passing’s of late in Indian Country. I am reminded of how I felt when Vine Deloria and Wilma Mankiller walked on. Who will take up the mantle for these Native elders that served our communities and the nation so well? I was recently saddened to learn of Senator Inouye’sContinue reading “Thoughts on the Passing of Chickasaw Nation Ambassador Charles Blackwell”
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At Buffalo Bill’s Gravesite
As part of my Postcards from Indian Territory series, on November 5th, I published the story Buffalo Bill Visits Indian Territory. Here I speculated, that because I’d found a historic postcard from the 1920s of Buffalo Bill, that my great-grandparents, Eula and Frank Morris Jr., had been a fan and seen his show. Furthermore, IContinue reading “At Buffalo Bill’s Gravesite”
Going “Home” to Chickasaw
I love working in Indian Country, but nothing feels like working in Chickasaw Country. Last week, I was invited to Ada, Oklahoma to speak in the Chickasaw Clemente Course at East Central University on Crossing the Digital and Media Divide in Indian Country. This is one of my areas of specialty and I’ve spoken allContinue reading “Going “Home” to Chickasaw”
“Whether I love thee, ask this flower.”
In my second story in the Postcards from Indian Country Project, I’ll start at the beginning. As I said, I received a collection of postcards that belonged to and were saved by my great-grandmother. I’ve become absolutely entranced by these postcards. My great-grandmother is Eula Maulsey Holder Morris and these postcards were sent to herContinue reading ““Whether I love thee, ask this flower.””
Greetings from Ardmore, Okla
I had dinner with my Dad last night and we were talking about my upcoming trip to Chickasaw Nation, where I’ll be presenting a lecture. I asked him if he wanted me to look up anything at the Chickasaw Cultural Center, which is a genealogy center. My Dad has done significant genealogical research into ourContinue reading “Greetings from Ardmore, Okla”
Traci L. Morris 