The Chickasaw Nation’s role in the founding of Memphis
Jesse Lindsey (left) and LaDonna Brown, dance partners in the Chickasaw Dance Troupe, shake hands after performing a traditional Chickasaw tribal dance outside the DeSoto County Museum. The dance troupe is a part of the Chickasaw Inkana Foundation and makes homeland tours around the U.S. in an effort to educate and preserve Chickasaw history and culture. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
As the city of Memphis prepares to mark its 200th anniversary, the Chickasaw Nation is finding the story of its origins in a part of the city Native Americans left 500 years ago.
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