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Pages in category "Native American museums in Oklahoma" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Part of the University of Oklahoma, collections in American, Native American, Asian, Contemporary and European art, photography Freedom Museum: Freedom: Woods: Red Carpet Country: Local history: Includes late 19th century and early 20th century household items and memorabilia [33] Frisco Depot Museum: Hugo: Choctaw: Kiamichi Country: Local history
The center was initiated in the 1990s and previously was named the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum. [4] Construction began in 2006, was interrupted in 2012 when state funding ran out, but resumed in 2019, after the responsibility for the museum was transferred from the State of Oklahoma to Oklahoma City. [5] [6]
One of the country's most important ancient Native American sites, the center is the only prehistoric Native American archaeological site in Oklahoma open to the public. Preserving 150 acres of ...
With 39 Native nations headquartered across the state, Oklahoma is home to numerous tribal cultural centers, museums and historic sites.
The museum originated with the Da-Co-Tah Indian Club, which began campaigning in September 1951 to use the Union Indian Agency building to house a local museum. [1] In 1954, the club sponsored legislation, H.R. Bill No. 8983 by U.S. Representative Ed Edmondson, that petitioned the return of the building to the municipal government of Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Also in Anadarko is the Southern Plains Indian Museum, which features highly-skilled arts and crafts of contemporary and historic artists from both the local Plains tribes, as well as other American Indians relocated to present-day Oklahoma in the 19th century, such as the Delaware, Caddo, Southeastern Woodlands tribes, and others. The museum ...
The McCasland Foundation Hall of the People of Oklahoma traces the 30,000-year history of Native inhabitants of Oklahoma and North America. Exhibits detail the earliest known evidence of human activity in Oklahoma, continuing up to the present, and examining what it means to be a Native American in Oklahoma today.