Douglas H. Johnston
Chickasaw Governor
 
Douglas Hancock Johnston was born October 13, 1856 in the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory. 

He served as 22nd, 24th and 26th governor of the Chickasaw Nation during his career. He was elected to the office in 1898, 1900 and 1904. 

He was the first Chickasaw governor to be appointed by the president of the United States in 1906. He served as the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation until his death in 1939.

Governor Johnston ratified the Atoka Agreement and worked to maintain tribal control of Chickasaw schools. 

He also worked diligently to oppose the applications of many who fraudulently applied to Dawes Commission for Chickasaw citizenship and allotment of property wanting to preserve the integrity of the citizenship of the Chickasaws. 

Adam Charles Walker
Chickasaw Artist 
 
Adam Charles Walker, a Master Artist of the Oklahoma State Arts Council, helped preserve the tribal art of making stickball sticks, bows, arrows, and tortoise shell shakers.

Adam has been instrumental in preserving, demonstrating, and teaching his unique talents to younger generations of Chickasaws. 

A fluent speaker of Chickasaw, he served as a resource in the development of the Munro/Willmond book, "Chickasaw, An Analytical Dictionary."

A full-blood Chickasaw, Adam was chosen to represent the tribe in Charles Banks Wilson's "Search for the Purebloods," a collection of portraits accompanied by narratives of the authors visits with each subject.

His talent as a carpenter and artist was taught to him by his father, and his rock work can been seen on the Chickasaw Nation Headquarters building in Ada, Oklahoma.