Kullihoma Grounds Explained

Kullihoma Grounds
Map:Oklahoma
Location:13078 CR 3680, Allen, OK, 74825
Coords:34.7111°N -96.406°W
Established:1936

Kullihoma Grounds consists of 1500acres owned by the Chickasaw Nation, located 10miles east of Ada, Oklahoma. The land was purchased in 1936, and the Chickasaw built replicas of historic tribal dwellings on the site and uses it as a stomp ground. Historically, Chickasaw housing consisted of summer and winter houses and corn cribs. The tribe also built a council house on the site.

From Indian Removal to 1936, Chickasaw people held an annual Green Corn Ceremony on this land.[1] [2]

Choctaw and Chickasaw people use the ground for cultural celebrations, such as stomp dances, stick ball tournaments, and the annual Chikasha Ittafama, or Chickasaw Reunion.[3] The game of chunkey, which had been played by Eastern Woodlands tribes and Plains tribes long before European and African contract, was reintroduced at the Chickasaw Reunion.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. [Raymond Fogelson]
  2. Web site: The Official Site of the Chickasaw Nation | Kullihoma Grounds . 2012-09-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121202220355/http://www.chickasaw.net/destinations/index_3766.htm . 2012-12-02 . dead .
  3. https://www.facebook.com/events/926888714159004/ "Chikasha Ittafama (Chickasaw Reunion)." Facebook.
  4. http://www.chickasawtimes.net/Home/Chikasha-Ittifama-(Chickasaw-Reunion)-May-16-at-Ku.aspx Lehman, Gene. "Chikasha Ittifama (Chickasaw Reunion) May 16 at Kullihoma."