Blackwell (July 30, 1942 – January 2, 2013) was an American Chickasaw Nation diplomat and lawyer, who served as the first Ambassador of the Chickasaw Nation to the United States of America from 1995 until his death in 2013.
Blackwell, who represented the Chickasaw Nation of the U.S.
state of Oklahoma, was the first Ambassador of any Native American tribal government to the government of the United States.