KULLIHOMA - The 16th annual Chikasha Ittifama (Chickasaw Reunion) is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 17-18, at Kullihoma. The gathering is free and welcomes Chickasaw and guests from across the country.

Chikasha Ittifama will begin at 5 p.m. Friday, followed by a hamburger fry, youth and co-ed stickball, cultural demonstrations and a social dance.

The cultural demonstrations will include corn husk dolls, beadwork, moccasin making, Chickasaw games, language, basket weaving and traditional clothing.

Saturday's events will kick off at 9 a.m. The activities will include a youth fishing derby, cornstalk shooting contest, youth and adult archery competitions, blow-gun competition, squirrel-stick throw, loksi (turtle) races and a stickball tournament.

A traditional meal of pishofa, fry bread, salt meat and grape dumplings will be served Saturday for lunch.

For guests wishing to stay the night, overnight camping spaces are available including tent spaces and a limited number of RV hook ups.

To reach the site, travel to the Kullihoma sign seven miles northeast of Ada on State Highway 1, then travel three miles east and one mile south.
 
For information, contact the Chickasaw Nation Cultural Resources at (580) 332-8685.