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Florence Indian Mound Museum and Chickasaw Nation jointly showcase traditional tools and weapons
But after the Indian Removal Act of 1830, they were almost all sent west to Oklahoma as part of the Trail of Tears. The museum event today told visitors about the heritage those groups left behind.
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The Treaty That Forced the Cherokee People from Their Homelands Goes on View
and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma—came together at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., for the installation of the Treaty of New Echota in the ...
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Hope in resiliency: How Indigenous Oklahomans are overcoming generational trauma
Oklahoma was home to an estimated 83 Indian boarding schools — the most in the country. These schools were popular in the ...
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Renée Gokey
Renée Gokey (citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma) is the teacher services coordinator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. From reading ...
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ImagiNations Activity Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
The center is part of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Visitors can sit inside ... and Cherokee Nations of Oklahoma. Smith says visitors can learn about the past, “but ...
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Bruce M. Shackelford
He is the former director of the Creek Indian Council House Museum, a National Historic Landmark in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Mr. Shackelford has served as curator for a number of exhibits, including ...