The Okmulgee Constitution: A Step Towards Indian Self-Determination (open access)

The Okmulgee Constitution: A Step Towards Indian Self-Determination

Article describes a series of meetings held in the 1870s by a general council comprised of delegates from twelve Indian tribes to draft a constitution setting up a territorial government, the Okmulgee Constitution. Although the constitution itself was never adopted, the council meetings still allowed the tribes to confront issues they were facing and provided an example of their self-determination to the national government.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Nolen, Curtis L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Okmulgee Rehabilitation Center is still housed in the same barracks it began in more than 30 years ego."
Date: July 14, 1983
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Though Okmulgee is behind its rehabilitation center, officials must obtain about $5 million or face closing the center."
Date: July 14, 1983
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ben cooper, left, and Jimmie Baker play checkers beneath naked ductwork at the The Okmulgee Rehabilitation Center."
Date: July 14, 1983
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "About the only vehicles on portions of Okmulgee's East Eighth street these days are heavy equipment and construction trucks as the much-used two-lane road is turned into a four-lane."
Date: February 5, 1981
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wooden floors in the livimg areas are among the The Okmulgee Rehabilitation Center's potential fire hazards."
Date: July 14, 1983
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jessie Mae Wilson Henryetta chills her Chocolate Angel Pie."
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Although she swears she's afraid of heights, Okmulgee lawyer Weiner has set her sights on the summit of the world's tallest mountain."
Date: July 15, 1981
Creator: Buehner, Jeff
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Running as much as 12 miles a day helps B.C. Weiner stay in shape for mountian climbing."
Date: July 15, 1981
Creator: Buehner, Jeff
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: April 27, 1984
Creator: Klock, Roger
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: April 27, 1984
Creator: Klock, Roger
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 27, 1984
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Albert Merritt sits in the midst of what is left of his family's home in Morris."
Date: April 28, 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "State Rep's. Frank Shurden, left, of Henryetta, and Sandy Sanders of Oklahoma City, observe meal preparation Thursday during a tour of the Department of Corrections facilities in Lexington."
Date: April 6, 1984
Creator: Howell, Paul S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Frank Shurden, Dem, candidate for Sen, Dist. 8"
Date: 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: April 27, 1984
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: April 27, 1984
Creator: Klock, Roger
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Morris Water Superintendent Gordon Foster, left, and the Rev. Jerry Hutton, stand at the site of the new United Pentecostal church."
Date: July 20, 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The damage inflicted by the twisters was severe."
Date: April 27, 1984
Creator: Klock, Roger
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: 1984
Creator: Groves, Randy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: April 27, 1984
Creator: Groves, Randy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This homemade sign appeared on a Henryetta street last week."
Date: 1982
Creator: Cook, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Neighbors watch as Larry Johnson, on the porch, and Donny Smith work Saturday afternoon to dismantle what is left of Johnson's mobile home in Morris."
Date: April 28, 1984
Creator: Stoner, Kevin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History