Chickasaw Cultural Center

[1] The campus includes a historically accurate traditional tribal village recreated in the rear lot and a garden honoring members of the Chickasaw Nation Hall of Fame.

The nation was not in a position to make that happen at the time, but in 1980 Price Waterhouse conducted a feasibility study to determine whether a Chickasaw/Native American theme park could be built in the Arbuckle area.

[3][full citation needed] This was followed by a survey conducted by the Chickasaw government in October 2000, for over 1,200 members of the nation to provide suggestions regarding the creation of a cultural center.

[6][full citation needed][7] Construction began shortly after in 2004, took six years to complete, cost $40 million,[8] and opened in 2010.

The buildings and other structures on the campus were designed by the architectural group Frankfurt Short Bruza (FSB)[12] who have also done multiple other projects with the Chickasaw Nation.