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Tag Archive: oklahoma

Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development

Rebuilding Native Nations Strategies for Governance and Development1

A revolution is underway among the Indigenous nations of North America. It is a quiet revolution, largely unnoticed in society at large. But it is profoundly important. From High Plains states and

Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief (Oklahoma Western Biographies, Vol. 6)

Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief (Oklahoma Western Biographies, Vol. 6)1

The son of white captive Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah Parker rose from able warrior to tribal leader on the Comanche reservation.

The Osage: An Ethnohistorical Study of Hegemony on the Prairie-Plains

The Osage An Ethnohistorical Study of Hegemony on the Prairie-Plains1

The Osage Indians were a powerful group of Native Americans who lived along the prairies and plains of present-day Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and

Legend Of The Cherokee Rose

The Cherokee Rose(310x240)

When gold was found in Georgia, the government forgot its treaties and drove the Cherokees to Oklahoma. One fourth of them died on the journey

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The Magic Horse of Ku-Suk-Seia

The Magic Horse(310x240)

Once upon a time, before the white men drove them away to Oklahoma, the Pawnee Indians lived in Nebraska, where their sworn enemies were the

“Comanche Boy” Tahdooahnippah ~ Comanche

Tahdooahnippah1

“The Comanche Boy” George Tahdooahnippah grew up the southern plains of Oklahoma. Tahdooahnippah is of Comanche and Choctaw descent. He is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation. First and

John Wesley Nofire – Cherokee

John Wesley Nofire(310x240)

Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, half Cherokee Native, John Wesley Nofire, began boxing in 2007 as a way to stay physically

Native American Artifacts – Caddo Pottery

Caddo Pottery1

Caddo pottery is usually found in the 4-corner area of Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. In general, Caddo pottery is superior in technical construction to most all other Mississippian Era

North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment

North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment1

Adornment - jewellery, beadwork and ceremonial regalia - is a defining element of cultural expression for North American

Skeleton Canyon (1886)

Skeleton Canyon1

On September 4, 1886, Geronimo and less than 40 Apaches, including women and children, surrendered to Brigadier General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon, near the Arizona and New Mexico

Battle of Punished Woman Fork, aka: Battle of Squaw’s Den Cave (1878

Squaw's Den Cave courtesy Kansas Geological Survey.1

The last Indian battle in Kansas occurred after Chief Dull Knife and Little Wolf of the Northern Cheyenne decided to lead their people from their reservation near Fort El Reno, Oklahoma back to their

Washita Battlefield

The Battle of the Washita.1

The cultural collision between pioneers and Indians reached its peak on the Great Plains during the decades before and after the Civil War. U.S. Government policy sought to separate tribes and

Killdeer Mountain (1864)

Killdeer Mountain, courtesy North Dakota State Parks.1

The Battle of Killdeer Mountain, fought on July 28, 1864 in western North Dakota, was an outgrowth to the 1862 Sioux discontent in Minnesota. Leading more than 3,000 volunteers, Brigadier General

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