Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Jefferey Coverdale of Crooked Oak High School in Oklahoma City, left, and Joe Davis, Muskogee, were the top government officers in Boy's State activities concluded this weekend at Northeastern Oklahoma State University, Tahlequah."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "J. D. Johnson, former tribal vice chief, announced he will run for the post of principal chief of the Cherokees."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. R. L. Parker, Tahlequah, the second woman ever to serve on the commission."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bobbie Gail Scott, Miss Cherokee, takes her turn tossing a buffalo chip into a strong southwest wind Sunday at the buffalo chip throwing contest during the Cherokee Fall Foliage Festival in Tahlequah."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Robert O. Swimmer, vice chief of the Cherokee Nation."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Adding to the pageantry of the Northeastern Oklahoma State University Marching Band are twirlers, Carol Allinder Muldrow freshman; Cathy Jones, Tahlequah sophomore; Bonnie Smith, Tulsa junior, and Anita Palmer, Collinsville sophomore."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Miss Northeastern 1975 is Susan Elaine Overton, a 20-year-old junior at Northeastern Oklahoma State University. She will represent the university in the Miss Oklahoma Pageant this summer. She is the daughter of Claudale Overton of Ada and Mrs. Jimmie Lee Overton of Tulsa."