 June 2023 issue | |
| Type | Monthly newspaper |
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| Owner | Choctaw Nation |
| Founded | 1978; 48 years ago (1978) |
| Language | Choctaw and English |
| City | Choctaw Nation Tribal Complex Durant, Oklahoma |
| Country | United States |
| OCLC number | 28288034 |
| Website | choctawnation |
TheBiskinik is the monthly newspaper of theChoctaw Nation of Oklahoma. It is sent free to registered Choctaw Nation tribal members upon request.[1] It is published inDurant, Oklahoma by the Choctaw Nation.[2] It was first published in 1978.[3] The Library of Congress shows a record of its publication from 1978 to 1981 and from 1983 to the present.[2]
The publication shares the nameBiskinik with theChoctaw word for theyellow-bellied sapsucker, a speckled, scissortail species of woodpecker.[4] According toChoctaw legend, the Bishinik was one of two birds to escape the Great Flood and was known as the "little Chahta news bird".[4] The bird was said to warn Choctaws when someone was approaching by tapping out messages on trees.[4]
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