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In September 1983, Bearskin was elected Chief of the Wyandotte Nation. He served as Chief for 29 years, until his death in 2012. [2] The new Chief, Bill Friend, said of his predecessor: "His influence has not only been felt by our Nation, but throughout the state of Oklahoma and across the United States.
Wyandotte is a town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 333 at the 2010 census , a decline of 8.26 percent from the figure of 363 recorded in 2000 . [ 4 ] The town is the tribal headquarters of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma , for which the town was named.
Ballard's education began at the Seneca Indian Training School when he was six years old. The Seneca Indian Training School, a boarding school located in Wyandotte, Oklahoma, was established in the early 1870s and was initially a mission school supported by a local group of Quakers and government subsidies. Over time, the school came under ...
He is facing challenger Candice Alcaraz, an assistant district attorney with the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office. Division 12 Judge Tony Martinez was elected in 2019.
Joseph B. Thoburn and John W. Sharp. History of the Oklahoma Press and the Oklahoma Press Association (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Press Association, 1930). Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers", Oklahoma: a Guide to the Sooner State, American Guide Series, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 74– 82, ISBN 9781603540353 – via ...
The lawsuit was brought by Lamonte McIntyre, an innocent man who spent 23 years in prison, and his mother, who alleged detective Roger Golubski framed her son after she rejected his sexual advances.
After Commissioner Andrew Davis of District 8 was the only Wyandotte commissioner to not be assigned a committee by Mayor Tyrone Garner, some fear the ongoing feuds could harm constituents.
In 1998, after more than 100 years of disagreement, finally the Wyandotte Nation and Wyandot Nation of Kansas signed an agreement to use the Huron Cemetery only for religious, cultural, or other compatible sacred activities. This states that the Oklahoma nation would not oppose the Wyandot Nation of Kansas's attempt to gain federal recognition.