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Oklahoma TribesThe state of Oklahoma has the third largest native american population of any US state, exceeded by only California and Arizona. Thirty-eight federally recognized indian tribes have their headquarters in Oklahoma, and according to the 1990 US Census, members of sixty-seven tribes reside there. More than 25 Native American languages are spoken in Oklahoma, the most of any state. Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th largest state. Its name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people." Choctaw Chief Allen Wright suggested the name in 1866 during treaty negotiations. Equivalent to the English word Indian, okla humma was a phrase in the Choctaw language used to describe the Native American race as a whole. Formed from Indian Territory on November 16, 1907, Oklahoma was the 46th state to enter the union. Its citizens are known as Oklahomans, and the state's capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state nickname is the Sooners, after the claim jumpers who entered Oklahoma Territory "sooner" than they were supposed to during the Great Land Rush. Evidence exists that native peoples traveled through Oklahoma as early as the last ice age, but the first permanent Oklahoma tribes settled in communities with mound-like structures near the Arkansas border between 850 and 1450 AD. |
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DUNCAN, Okla. - "Pearl," the first feature film produced by the Chickasaw Nation, won the award for best overall film Jan. 24 at the Trail Dance Film Festival in Duncan.
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Sequoyah Grad Earns MVP TAHLEQUAH, Okla.—For Sequoyah graduate Matt Billy, his high school football career may have ended, but his time on the field has just begun. Billy earned the most valuable defensive player award in the Native American All-Star game this summer in Spokane, Washington, making him the first Sequoyah graduate to receive this honor. |
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Veterans Events Scheduled for 57th Annual Cherokee Holiday TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation will hold a special event this year during the 57th Cherokee National Holiday to mark the start of planned construction on a new veterans center. The public is invited to join Principal Chief Chad Smith, Deputy Principal Chief Joe Grayson, Jr., and tribal and state officials at a construction celebration to be held on Saturday, September 5 at 3:30 p.m. at the Cherokee Nation Warriors Memorial on the grounds of the Cherokee Nation government complex on Highway 62 south of Tahlequah. |
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Array of Music Scheduled During 57th Cherokee National Holiday TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Music lovers will have a variety of offerings this year during the 57th Cherokee National Holiday. |
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ADA, Okla. – Chickasaw Nation officials celebrated progress in education programs as they cut the ribbon on a unique child development center and an education administration building. Ribbon cuttings were conducted May 14 at the Child Development Center, 224 Rosedale Road, and the adjacent Douglas H. Johnson Building. |
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