The High Temple mound is the center of Indian's religious life. Even to this day during the summer months, people in the surrounding villages come to the Temple to hold the festival of the fire/sun god. There is a park museum that delves deeper into …
Indian families are leaving the cities and moving back to reservations. One Sioux family that moved to California is now moving back to the Pine Ridge Reservation. Most people moved off the reservation due to an Eisenhower-era federal relocation program which was created to reduce …
Audra Lynn Snoke is crowned Miss Cherokee at the Cherokee National Holiday near Tahlequah. She is majoring in journalism at Northeastern State University. The runner-ups are Geri Glass and Donna Goingsnake.
Willaim Thurber of Stillwell died at age 66. Services will be held at Hart Memorial Chapter with Rev. Audie Vaughn and Rev. Bobby Cothran.
Photograph of a group of Indians dancing at the Indian Exposition in Anadarko.
Photograph of the Bell Pow-Wow. Hundreds of people showed up at the Bell School's football field where the event was held. Twenty-six tribes were represented
Photograph of Ramona Mason who is the head lady dancer of the Pow-Wow and her son David Skeeter.
Photo graph of Kristi Patton and LaDonna Brown dressed in traditional Cherokee Indian Dress.
Judge William Cranch who is buried in Congressional Cemetery is part of the reason behind the 1787 American Constitution. He recorded and prepared reports for publication of the arguments and decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court and did the same for his own court.
William Cranch realized the common law must change. With this change, Cranch supported the creation of the First National Penitentiary. Cranch believed that the creation of the Constitution was for times of commotion.
1824 Choctwa chief Pushmataha was buried at Congressional Cemetery. The Choctaw tribe live in what is now Mississippi and Alabama have given most of their hunting ground to the white man but refuse to give up their ancestral homeland. Six decades later the Choctaw Chief …
Pushmataha and other Choctaws agreed with Shawnee Chief Tecumseh that they needed to organize an all-Indian Confederacy to limit American Expansion. Pushmataha did not have the means to support the movement dissuaded his tribe and the Chickasaws from joining the alliance. The Treaty of Ghent …
The Great Plains was one of America's last frontiers. There is a museum located in Oklahoma dedicated to the Great Plains. The museum shows little-known figures of the Great Plains such as an Indian trader, a replica of a log stockade, and trading posts. A …
Delves into the relationship between Indians and Traders, sometimes the Trades served as intermediaries between settlers and Indians. Once the Indian country became more settled traders moved on. The museum also has exhibits on cattle drives and the invention of barbed wire, the story of …
John Brown is associated with the proslavery and free-state struggle of the Kansas territorial period. Brown settled in Osawatomie and frequented the Addair cabin which was owned by his step-sister Florella. Brown and his followers were attacked by proslavery men in the "Battle of Osawatomie" …
Photograph of a contemporary dance of 'The Trail of Tears' which is the story of Cherokee migration from their homes in the Southeast to Indian Territory.
Indian Dancers performs a dance about the Trail of Tears. The dance tells the story of Cherokee life on prosperous farmland and their forced migration.
The State of Oklahoma will hold the 1989 Land Rush. Brief history on Oklahoma before it became a state it was tribal grounds/ Indian Territory. Then the land was invaded by white settlers. This event was known as "land runs". These land runs made settlement …
Indians were once again forced to relocate from their Indian territory. This was because in 1803 the land they were living on was given away as a part of the Louisiana Purchase. The five civilized tribes resisted the move, so the Indian Removal Act of …
St. Louis separated itself from St. Louis County and adopted a consolidated city and country government. Austin Augustus King was the Tenth governor and then Forrest Smith followed after him 100 years later. Monuments and Museums were created to remember these famous Missourians. Both Forest …
The history of some of the first governors of Missouri. Museums, statues, monuments, and exhibits have been made to honor their legacy in history. The Governors' Room of the Ray County Historical Society Museum is only one of 25 exhibits.
Director of the Indian Rights Commission listens to Indian Millitant John Trudell during a meeting in Oklahoma City. Louis Bruce a U.S. Indian commissioner told the meeting was planning to see if Indian education funds were used only for Indians and an audit of such …
The Addair County History Committee consists of members of the Addair Historical Society, Goingsnake Society, and the Watts Historical Society. They met on January 8th to discuss the report on how much money was collected and gave the first payment to the editor, making the …
An Adair County history book is planning to be published. Goingsnake District Heritage Association has been collecting material and has been helped by the Adair County Historical Association along with the Stilwell Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Watts Historical Association. Families are being urged …
Photgraph from the Stilwell Democrat. The photograph shows the members of the Zion School's 4-H club for the years 1989-1990.
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