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Oklahoma:
One look at Oklahoma's flag, and the state's significant part in the history of American Indians becomes apparent.

It has the largest Indian population in the U.S., and 67 tribes call it home, including the Apache, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chichasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Pawnee and Seminole.

Apache Indian Chief Geronimo is buried here, and across the plains of Oklahoma the art and artifacts of a culture (not forgotten) are reflected in numerous historic sites and museums dedicated to the spirit of the American Indian.

When the U.S. bought Oklahoma from France in 1803 - as part of the Louisiana Purchase - it eventually opened the Great Plains for settlement in the late 1800s, and thousands of settlers from the east began flooding the territory.

Today, after surviving the severe drought and depression of the 1930s, Oklahoma is a wonderful mix of modern cities, small towns, cattle ranches and farms, and the fascinating cultures of a day gone by.

In 1995, when a terrorist bomb killed 162 people in Oklahoma City, the world took note. Through the mourning and the tears, Oklahoma and its resilient people stood tall, and they personify the true spirit of America.

Oklahoma

Officially adopted in 1925, the Oklahoma flag honors more than 60 groups of Native American Indians and all of their ancestors.

The blue field is symbolic of a flag carried by Choctaw Indian soldiers during the civil war. The center shield, decorated with eagle feathers, is the traditional battle shield of an Osage Indian warrior.

Two symbols of peace - the peace pipe and an olive branch - cover the buffalo hide shield. The four white crosses on that shield are Native American signs representing high ideals.

The name OKLAHOMA was added to the flag in 1941.

Official name: Oklahoma
Capital: Oklahoma City
Statehood: Nov. 16, 1907 the 46th state
State nickname: The Sooner State
Name for residents: Oklahomans
State motto: Labor omnia vincit
(Labor conquers all things)
Abbreviation: OK

Oklahoma's Historical Event's:

about 15,000 bc The first human inhabitants in the area of present-day Oklahoma appear.
500 bc-ad 1300 Mound Builder culture thrives.
1200-1500 The Wichita, Caddo, Quapaw, and Kiowa-Apache arrive.
1541 An expedition under Francisco Vásquez de Coronado reaches western Oklahoma.
1601 Juan de Ońate leads an expedition into western Oklahoma.
1682 René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, claims for France the lands drained by the Mississippi, known as Louisiana.
1803 Louisiana is purchased by the United States.
1834 The Indian Territory is created.
1830s and 1840s Native Americans are forcibly removed to Indian Territory.
1866 The so-called Five Civilized Tribes cede half of their land to the federal government. This land is later assigned to Native Americans from other states.
1868 George Armstrong Custer attacks a Cheyenne camp at Washita River.
1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes issues proclamations forbidding settlement in the Indian Territory.
1889 The Unassigned Lands in central Oklahoma are opened to white settlers, beginning the first of several land runs.
1893 The Dawes Commission is formed to allot the lands of the Five Civilized Tribes.
1907 Oklahoma is admitted to the Union as the 46th state (November 16).
1910 Blacks in Oklahoma are disfranchised.
1921 Blacks rally in Tulsa to prevent lynching; riots follow.
1962 Oklahoma's first Republican governor, Henry Bellmon, is elected.
1977-1987 Two hundred forty-six public officials are convicted of federal crimes.
1995 A bomb at the federal building in Oklahoma City kills 167 people.

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