Chikasa 1889: The Collins-Gatschet Chickasaw Manuscripts

Originally composed by Chickasaw speaker and politician J. D. Collins and noted linguist Albert Samuel Gatschet, Chikasa 1889: The Collins-Gatschet Chickasaw Manuscripts presents a rare glimpse into two of the oldest and most complete Chickasaw language documents. Featuring images of the original handwritten notebooks, housed at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Anthropological Archives, these full-length manuscripts demonstrate the remarkable consistency and evolution of our language throughout decades of history.