Announcements
Please take note of our new hours. We are now open on Mondays.
Monday-Saturday: 10:00-5:00
Sunday: 12:00-5:00
Also, the Aaimpa' Cafe has new operating hours:
Monday-Friday: 11:00-3:00
Saturday: 11:00-4:00
Sunday: 12:00-4:00
(Drinks and cookies are sold until 4:00 every day.)
Closed on the following Holidays (this is a new schedule for 2013)
New Years Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Piomingo Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
2013 Special Events
Tuesday Night Movies
The Cultural Center is now showing Tuesday evening movies at 6:00 p.m. See some of your movie favorites on a 40-foot tall screen!
Tickets are $2 for children, $3 for adults or you can choose a combo package for $5, which includes a ticket, popcorn and a soda.
May 28: The Amazing Spider-Man
June 4: WALL-E
June 11: Old Yeller
June 18: Grown Ups
June 25: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
July 2: Cinderella
July 9: Casablanca
July 16: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
July 23: Pitch Perfect
July 30: Back to the Future
Lecture Series
The Division of History and Culture are pleased to announce the debut a new lecture series taking place at the Chickasaw Cultural Center. So far the lectures have featured:
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- Dr. John P. Dyson discussing "Early Chickasaw Village Names"
- - Chickasaw Nation Cultural Resource Specialists Brad Lieb and LaDonna Brown speaking on “Chickasaw Homelands Prior to Removal”
- - Richard Green, Chickasaw Nation Tribal Historian, whose lecture covered "Chickasaw Removal"
- - "Traditional Games," hosted by the Chickasaw Nation Cultural Resources Department
- - "Chickasaw Presence in the Ancient Southeastern Native American Past." This special lecture series consisted of seperate lectures all day in the Anoli' Theater speakers included LaDonna Brown, Kevin Smith, George Sabo, Brad Lieb, Robert Sharp, Richard Green, Mason Cole, and Kent Reilly, III.
These lectures are free and open to the public. Future dates are tentatively scheduled for June 12 and 15, June 26 and 29, July 10 and 13, and July 24 and 26. Check back soon for more details.
Chickasaw Nation employees are eligible for IDP credit if they participate in the lecture. If you would like to enroll for credit, please visit My Chickasaw University. For more information, contact Chenae Lippard at extension 60514.
The Cultural Center will be hosting special celebrations on the following weekends:
- Saturday, May 25, 2013
Memorial Day
- - Traditional Village Activities:Language, fingerweaving, pottery, hide tanning, archery, and more.
- *The 1750s village activities will take place every weekend throughout the summer.
- *The 1750s village activities will take place every weekend throughout the summer.
- - Special showing of the film documenting Mike Larsen's Arrival statue, 1:00 p.m. in the Anoli' Theater.
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
Father's Day
- - Fathers receive free admission to the Chikasha Poya Exhibit Center
- - Fathers receive free cookies in the Aaimpa' Cafe
- - Stomp dance to honor fathers (Saturday)
- - Special sales in the Gift Shops
Also, make plans to attend our annual Children's Festival on Saturday, July 6.
Join The Chickasaw Cultural Center Chipota Movie Club
Membership fee is $6 per child (must be 12 or under) and includes:
- - Movie Club t-shirt
- - Membership card
- - One free movie pass
- - Receive $1 discount to children's feature films
Membership is valid for one year from date of purchase.
