Bishinik
The Bishinik is a monthly publication sent free to registered Choctaw Nation tribal members upon request.[1] It is published by the Choctaw Nation in Durant, Oklahoma.[2] The Library of Congress shows a record of the newspaper's publication from 1978 to 1981 and from 1983 to the present.[2]
The publication shares its name with the Choctaw word for a speckled, scissortail species of woodpecker.[3] According to Choctaw legend, the Bishinik was one of two birds to escape the Great Flood and was known as the "little Chahta news bird".[3] The bird was said to warn Choctaws when someone was approaching by tapping out messages on trees.[3]
References
- ↑ Bishinik at Choctaw Nation Website (accessed April 8, 2010)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 About this Newspaper: Bishinik at Library of Congress (accessed April 8, 2010)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bishinik, The Little Chahta News Bird (accessed April 8, 2010)
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