Tag: Oklahoma

Indian Education, Oklahoma Style

I had to do much of the home repairs that got done because my grandparents were of an age like my age now, when anything needing repair had to be right in front of them. If not, it was too high or too low, making any attempt to repair dangerous. If I were the repairman, I should say more&nbs...

Our Oklahoma Smokeshow

I didn’t know my family pilgrimage would take us to Margaritaville. I wanted to know more about being a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation and I wanted my kids to know their ancestors, our family history, and what it means to be a Native person. And so I set out, with two of my kids, to find...

Scourge of the Oklahoma Sooners

He documented the historic moment in a travel diary, later hastily adding in pencil, “Carts, buggies, light wagons. Everything at break neck speed.” Osburn was one of an estimated 50,000 people who joined the epic race that day in hopes of staking a 160-acre claim. President Benjamin ...

The Thunder from Oklahoma City

The thunder from Oklahoma continues to crackle day after day. Not the actual thunder from Oklahoma if that’s what you were thinking. I’m talking about the young group of guys led by a stellar head coach in Mark Daigneault. That’s right, the Oklahoma City Thunder. With the playof...