perryman and reads was a very early store in what is now downtown tulsa. like his perryman was elected principal chief of the muscogee nation. he had been a judge in the district court for the nation and later returned to practice law as also started growing -- as tulsa started growing. my great-grandfather george perryman was one of the signatures on the documentation to request a charter for the city of tulsa in 1888. i think a lot of the national contributions have been lost. as to why we were america's original race problem. we were the others. we were the people no one understood because we had a different language. we dressed different. as america wanted to expand, we were the ones who wanted to keep our land. that conflict is probably the root cause of many misunderstandings about native people. >> all weekend long, american history tv is featuring tulsa home to thomas gilchrist who compiled the nation's most comprehensive art collection of the american west. our cable partners worked with c-span cities to her staff as we recently traveled to tulsa t

tulsa was an oil boom town in the early 20th century. it led to elaborate art deco structures constructed in downtown. c-span's cities tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about tulsa, oklahoma all weekend right here on american history tv. robert trepp: there are more native people in tulsa's 20 mile radius than anywhere else in the country. it is completely inside the boundaries of the muskogee, cherokee, or another reservation and it is the only city in the united states that has that status. the tribes that were native to this area were the osage. there were scattered bands of wichita, lots of tribes lived in this area because of the rich resources of not only the arkansas river, but the grand the other rivers down south. there was a huge political conflict in the muskogee nation. one signed a treaty saying all of the lands would be gone and they would move out west. that chief was executed. the united states, the only time they repealed a treaty, the united states did repeal that treaty, even though it had been ratified. the negotiations following that,

tulsa was an oil boom town in the early 20th entry. the rise in economic wealth led to the construction of elaborate art deco structures in the city's downtown. hosted by our cox cable partners, c-span's city tour's staff recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about tulsa all weekend here on american history tv. dolph: i think and support to remember that the official title of our museum is the institute of american history and art, and what he was doing -- the thomas gill kreis institute of american history and art. what he wanted to do was be able to amass a collection that would tell the story of the americans not just united states of america, but material from northern canada, what today is alaska down through canada, what does become the united dates, central america, and south america. we cans be to the history of all of these america's through these different components of this election. his name was thomas gill kreis. he was born in louisiana, but as an infant, his family relocated to indian territory because his mother was a quarter creek indian. one of the acts of congress that brought the gilcrease

tulsa. subsequently, it just flourished, and when they arrested this young man for this alleged assault on the elevator in this downtown department store, word got around that they were going to lynch him, and quite naturally, the community said, no, there isn't going to be a lynching. the first night, they went down, and nothing happened, but the second night they went down, a shot was fired. from that, the melee started. i mean, chaos just broke out everywhere. as a result, the whole greenwood area was burned to the ground. the only building left standing was the high school. that is where the red cross director who was sent from st. louis set up the aid station that was set up by the red cross. the aftermath of that was that people did not have any place to live, and the city passed an ordinance that said that you could not rebuild unless you used brick. well, using brick was a prohibitive cost. and so, bugsy franklin, who was an attorney that had just recently moved to tulsa, he filed a lawsuit and got that ordinance taken off the books. people were able to rebuild their homes using wood or brick. the greenwood dis

downtown. mike and alex back over to you. >>> it is almost 620 on this monday morning. a deputy in tulsa, oklahoma said he accidentally fired his service weapon, gun killing a suspect. he said he meant to grab his stun gun his taser but grabbed his gun instead. victim's family asked that video be made public so we can all see this. on april the second deputy robert bates is seen pursuing a man wanted on suspicion of illegally is selling a gun to an under cover police officer. the seven three-year old tackles 44 year-old eric harris and fires but bates can be heard saying oh i shot him i'm sorry. yeah, he grabbed his real revolver instead of the taser gun. victim's family want answers. >> what kind of gun did bob bates use? that is my question. it was he trained in how to use this weapon? did he have a weapon on him at time he was killed you can train someone as much as you can and you can train in every area thaw can but in times of crisis sometimes training will in the take you through the scenario. >> investigators say the victim did not have a gun on him, they maintained bates was tra