Chickasaw Cultural Evening!

Zachary took a picture of his Uncle Edmond. (he's in the red shirt)

The kids in front of a statue at the Cultural Center

Our Little Indians!

Here's some pics of the kids on the ride down to Sulphur!

Grandma and Lydia and Silas waiting for it to start

The Chickasaw Nation Color Guard

The Chickasaws are in the process of building a new cultural center in Sulphur, Oklahoma. It is where they had this years Cultural Evening, which is a part of their week long annual Chickasaw Festival. We went to it Friday night and let me tell you, this is going to be an amazing place to learn about the history of the Chickasaw Nation. It is at a beautiful location. I wish I would have taken some better pics of what the surroundings and the buildings and the layout of the place look like, but I was just trying to muddle through the crowd of nearly 4,000 people who came. They had dinner, a kids tent with activities, cultural demonstrations, they have built traditional homes that the Chickasaw's lived in that you can check out, and so many things we didn't even get to look at. They will be having their grand opening this coming spring and we plan to go down for that, so I will get some better pics then. If you have some time and want to go learn about the culture of the Indians that lived in this area of our country, you need to go check out this place. We took my family to it, and they enjoyed the evening. They have been wanting to go to the festival ever since we have lived here in Oklahoma and now that they are here it made it possible for them to attend. It was a great time, beautiful weather, and fun to see some family and friends we don't get to see very often.