Throughout the history of the Chickasaw Nation, working together for the common good of the community has been essential to the Chickasaw people.

Today, the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations moved to intervene in support of U.S. Department of Justice lawsuits against two Oklahoma district attorneys – Matt Ballard and Carol Iski – who have continually violated federal law by seeking to prosecute tribal defendants whose cases must be tried in federal or tribal courts.

Neal McCaleb, Chickasaw Nation Ambassador At-Large to the United States, who served as Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs and was a powerful advocate of First American tribal sovereignty and economic opportunities, died Jan. 7.

Pontotoc County District Attorney (DA) Erik Johnson and the Chickasaw Nation are blazing trails for intergovernmental cooperation with a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help prioritize and ensure proper jurisdiction for prosecuting charges that come before them.