Description:
First Encounter explores the actions taken by Chickasaws in 1540 during their first contact with
Europeans. The documentary highlights the encounters, struggles and perseverance of the
Chickasaw people throughout Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto’s attempted conquest. It was the first
European contact for the Chickasaw, but perhaps the most important and set the standard by which the tribe remained for centuries and remains today - “unconquered and unconquerable.”
