Members of the Chikasha Bak Bak team.
Chikasha Bak Bak (Chickasaw Woodpecker) is one of seven teams currently playing in the Choctaw Nation's Stickball League. With a similar culture and intertwined histories, the Choctaw Nation invited Chickasaws to participate in their league in 2014. Numerous Southeastern First American tribes of North America are working to preserve the heritage of this traditional game.
"Stickball is shared amongst Southeastern tribes. It brings different First Nation communities together," said Chikasha Bak Bak Head Coach Brandon White Eagle. "The stickball community is growing but is still relatively small....
