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Sundown is a 1934 novel by the Osage writer John Joseph Mathews.Set in the Osage Nation and Osage County, Oklahoma, the novel follows the life of a "mixed blood" [a] Osage boy named Challenge Windzer as he navigates the conflicts between Osage traditionalism and assimilationism during the early 20th century.
John Joseph Mathews (November 16, 1894 – June 16, 1979) became one of the Osage Nation's most important spokespeople and writers of the mid-20th century, and served on the Osage Tribal Council from 1934 to 1942. Mathews was born into an influential Osage family, the son of William Shirley Mathews an Osage Nation
Sundown, a cancelled video game; Sundown, a 1934 novel by John Joseph Mathews; Walker "Sundown" Calhoun, a character in the animated series C.O.P.S. Sundown, call sign of a fighter pilot in the film Top Gun
During the summer of 1932, John Joseph Mathews designed a two-room home to be built out of native sandstone. [1] The center of the design was a fireplace. On July 24, 1932, Mathews moved into the home. Stanley Vestal and his wife stayed as his guests on the first night. [2]
John Allen Mathews was a native of Kentucky with Virginia roots. [1] Mathews worked as a blacksmith sent by the United States to work among Indian tribes to fulfil treaty obligations. He worked for the Seneca tribe in 1839 before being sent to work in the Osage Nation in 1840. [ 2 ]
William Shirley Mathews was an Osage politician who served in several positions of Osage Nation government. He served as the Osage Nation treasurer between 1882 and 1886, chief justice between 1890 and 1892, and prosecuting attorney between 1894 and 1896, as well as on the tribal council from 1910 and 1912. He was also the father of John Joseph ...
John Mathews may refer to: John Mathews (American pioneer) (died 1757), settler of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia; John Mathews (clerk) (1768–1849), American surveyor, politician and lawyer; John Mathews (lawyer) (1744–1802), Governor of South Carolina in 1782 and 1783; John Mathews (cricketer) (1884–1962), English cricketer active from ...
Ernest George Burkhart was born on September 11, 1892, to a poor cotton farmer in Greenville, Texas. He was a nephew of William King Hale.In 1912, aged nineteen, Burkhart moved into his uncle's ranch at Fairfax, Osage County, in search of fortune after the discovery of oil in the region. [1]