| Biskinik | |
| Type: | Monthly newspaper |
| Owner: | Choctaw Nation |
| Founders: | --> |
| Language: | Choctaw and English |
| Publishing City: | Choctaw Nation Tribal Complex Durant, Oklahoma |
| Publishing Country: | United States |
| Oclc: | 28288034 |
The Biskinik is the monthly newspaper of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. It is sent free to registered Choctaw Nation tribal members upon request.[1] It is published in Durant, Oklahoma by the Choctaw Nation.[2] It was first published in 1978.[3] The Library of Congress shows a record of its publication from 1978 to 1981 and from 1983 to the present.[2]
The publication shares the name Biskinik with the Choctaw word for the yellow-bellied sapsucker, a speckled, scissortail species of woodpecker.[4] According to Choctaw legend, the Bishinik was one of two birds to escape the Great Flood and was known as the "little Chahta news bird".[4] The bird was said to warn Choctaws when someone was approaching by tapping out messages on trees.[4]