Author: Irvin HurstPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The 46th Star
Author: Irvin HurstPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
United States Flag, The
Author: Kirsten ChangPublisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1681035529
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
In 1777, the United States flag had just 13 stars and stripes. How Old Glory has grown since then! Today, the flag flies over schools, libraries, government buildings, and more. Young readers will learn the flag’s symbolism and origins in this patriotic title.
A Life on Fire
Author: Connie CronleyPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806177845
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
“How can women wear diamonds when babies cry for bread?” Kate Barnard demanded in one of the incendiary stump speeches for which she was well known. In A Life on Fire, Connie Cronley tells the story of Catherine Ann “Kate” Barnard (1875–1930), a fiery political reformer and the first woman elected to state office in Oklahoma, as commissioner of charities and corrections in 1907—almost fifteen years before women won the right to vote in the United States. Born to hardscrabble settlers on the Nebraska prairie, Barnard committed her energy, courage, and charismatic oratory to the cause of Progressive reform and became a political powerhouse and national celebrity. As a champion of the poor, workers, children, the imprisoned, and the mentally ill, Barnard advocated for compulsory education, prison reform, improved mental health treatment, and laws against child labor. Before statehood, she stumped across the Twin Territories to unite farmers and miners into a powerful political alliance. She also helped write Oklahoma’s Progressive constitution, creating what some heralded as “a new kind of state.” But then she took on the so-called “Indian Question.” Defending Native orphans against a conspiracy of graft that reached from Oklahoma to Washington, D.C., she uncovered corrupt authorities and legal guardians stealing oil, gas, and timber rights from Native Americans’ federal allotments. In retaliation, legislators and grafters closed ranks and defunded her state office. Broken in health and heart, she left public office and died a recluse. She remains, however, a riveting figure in Oklahoma history, a fearless activist on behalf of the weak and helpless.
Historia
Author: The State of Sequoyah
Author: Donald L. FixicoPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806195053
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Few people today know that the forty-sixth state could have been Sequoyah, not Oklahoma. The Five Tribes of Indian Territory gathered in 1905 to form their own, Indian-led state. Leaders of the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Muscogees, and Seminoles drafted a constitution, which eligible voters then ratified. In the end, Congress denied their request, but the movement that fueled their efforts transcends that single defeat. Researched and interpreted by distinguished Native historian Donald L. Fixico, this book tells the remarkable story of how the state of Sequoyah movement unfolded and the extent to which it remains alive today. Fixico tells how the Five Nations, after removal to the west, negotiated treaties with the U.S. government and lobbied Congress to allow them to retain communal control of their lands as sovereign nations. In the wake of the Civil War, while a dozen bills in Congress proposed changing the status of Indian Territory, the Five Tribes sought strength in unity. The Boomer movement and seven land dispensations—beginning with the famous run of 1889—nevertheless eroded their borders and threatened their cultural and political autonomy. President Theodore Roosevelt ultimately declared his support for the merging of Indian Territory with Oklahoma Territory, paving the way for Oklahoma statehood in 1907—and shattering the state of Sequoyah dream. Yet the Five Tribes persevered. Fixico concludes his narrative by highlighting recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, most notably McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020), that have reaffirmed the sovereignty of Indian nations over their lands and people—a principal inherent in the Sequoyah movement. Did the story end in 1907? Could the Five Tribes revive their plan for separate statehood? Fixico leaves the reader to ponder this intriguing possibility.
Official Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Author: Illinois. Appellate CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
President Joe Biden
Author: Rachel RosePublisher: Bearport Biographies
ISBN: 9781647477295
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Long-serving congressman, Vice President, and now President. Joe Biden's journey to the highest position in the land has been long and winding. As a child, he didn't let his stutter stop him from success; as a senator, he carried on despite personal heartbreak; and now, as president, we'll see all this man can do. Learn about the spectacular life of America's 46th president.
Oklahoma History!
Author: Carole MarshPublisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0793361362
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
How We Lived
Author: Holley ManghamPublisher: Oklahoma Housing Fin. Agency
ISBN: 9780979976704
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Hard-To-Believe-But-True! Book
Author: Carole MarshPublisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 079330928X
Category : Curriculum planning
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Fascinating, factual trivia, oddities, curiosities and tales about the state of Oklahoma. Includes reproducibles.