Chickasaw Basic Language

Learn basic Chickasaw vocabulary and grammar structure with the Chickasaw Basic Language series. In Chickasaw Basic Language: Workbook I, learners are provided with easy-to-read lessons, vocabulary lists, quizzes, tests, and a comprehensive answer key. The workbook is suitable for classroom learning or personal study, and incorporates both accepted Chickasaw spelling systems (Humes and Munro-Willmond).

Michelle Cooke is a senior staff writer for Chickasaw Press and a Chickasaw citizen. She has worked for the Chickasaw Nation since 2007, where her focus has been writing about, teaching, and researching Chickasaw history, language, and culture. She is the author of Protecting Our People: Chickasaw Law Enforcement in Indian Territory, published by Chickasaw Press in 2019. Her work has also appeared in The Journal of Chickasaw History and Culture, Chokma: Chickasaw Magazine, and the Chickasaw Basic Language workbook series. She studied English at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas, and holds a master's degree in that subject.