Edmund Pickens: (Okchantuhardcovery) First Elected Chickasaw Chief, His Life and Times

Juanita J. Keel Tate tells how Edmund Pickens, her great-grandfather, persevered as a statesman and tribal leader during and after Removal. Tate devoted forty-seven years to researching and writing about Pickens, visiting courthouses in the Chickasaw Homeland, locating early homesteads, and scouring family records. Her insightful biography provides the testimony to Pickens’ character that this great Chickasaw leader has long deserved.