Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
In 1961, the building was designated as a National Historic Landmark. By 1979, tribal sovereignty had been fully renewed and the Muscogee adopted a new constitution. The Creek Council House underwent a full restoration in 1989–1992 and reopened as a museum operated by the City of Okmulgee and the Creek Indian Memorial Association.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art: Oklahoma City: Oklahoma: Central: Art: Collection includes American and European painting and sculpture, drawings and prints, photography, glass by Dale Chihuly, information: Oklahoma City National Memorial: Oklahoma City: Oklahoma: Central: History: Memorial and museum about the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19 ...
Standing Bear Park, Museum and Education Center, Ponca City Where: 601 Standing Bear Parkway, Ponca City. Hours: The museum is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.
This further broke up tribal communal territory. The Thlopthlocco Tribal citizens organized as a distinct tribe under the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of 1936, which followed the national Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. [3] The original headquarters for the tribe was the Thlopthlocco Methodist Episcopal Church, located between Wetumka and ...
Marie L. Wadley (December 16, 1906 – September 23, 2009) was a Native American cofounder of the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee, Oklahoma. [1] Wadley became the museum's first president after its opening. [1] [2]
Experts on tribal law say there is an easy solution — for Tulsa to enter into prosecution agreements with various tribal nations like many cities and towns in eastern Oklahoma already have.
The Muscogee Nation contends Tulsa is breaking the law by refusing to forward traffic tickets of Native American drivers to tribal court