which is that oklahoma, what is now oklahoma, is our home forever. it is our home forever. and we are going to make the most of it. and we are going to invest in our communities. and we are doing that in such a remarkable way. that is why i think the cherokee story is such a story of grit and determination, and it is something that i think kids in this country ought to know, not just because they ought to know the history of indian tribes in this country, they ought to know stories of people who overcame things, that understand the dark parts of american history, and they ought to celebrate those great things. if you come here and if you see this building and you see what is going on and you see people learning their language again and you see people, elders getting their homes were repaired and you see young people who are going to be doctors in the building tomorrow because we have the first med school in the history of indian country right next to that building, you say, that is something to celebrate. the cherokee nation is something to celebrate. i think we ought to ce

he graduated from the university of oklahoma. and as a member of the cherokee nation, and oklahoma bar associations. chief haskin, we welcome you to this stage and this community. i have one little controversial word i have to say. as i was researching the history of virginia many, many years ago there was one brief little corner way down in south western virginia that it appeared, i'm not going to disagree with anyone, that it appeared there was cherokee people that lived in that one little small area of virginia. very small, but chief haskin, since the cherokee did live in virginia according to my little recognition, welcome home. p plz. >> thank you, what a wonderful opportunity it is to be before you. i'm so honored that the cherokee nation has asked to be part of this. i think it speaks liely of the history association and the virgin virginia. i do want to recognize in the audience, a lady that and it is quite something to be talking about. cherokee history and law in front of scholars and noted historians. my former law pro

the territory took on the name of oklahoma. the federal government forced native people to relinquish shared land and settle on individual allotments, and year after year, land was taken from that originally reserved for native people so that only a small portion remained in their hands. officials and so-called reformers worked to dissolve tribal bonds and make american indians citizens. after a series of legal decisions, tribal sovereignty shifted from a focus on the land people occupied to their membership in a particular native people. this transition alienated american indians from the land even as it made their bodies the vehicle of their identity. this is particularly dangerous in the south at a time when legal segregation is gripping the region, and overt racial prejudice filled the nation. white southerners due to anyone claiming native identity with suspicion, suspecting they were actually so-called colored people. claiming membership of a tribe granted some security as a citizen as well as claims to tribal identity. a

no, if you're an oklahoma sooner defender, it's like 0-0 right now. doing everything you can to keep them out of the end zone. >> chris: grinch said i don't know if we have the best defense in the conference, but we, quote, better sure have the damn best in the state. came out with a point to prove tonight. on fourth down, sooners. incomplete. sooner defense with the starters in there make a stand. norwood in coverage, and they'll take over with 2:40 to play. >> kirk: just too late with this football. he had him. just waited a little too long. ball gets snapped. confusion with the offensive line. because he started to move, it took away the timing. and by the time he threw that, presley still had a shot, but he was wide open early in the route. >> chris: so riley's going to go to 4-0 in bedlam games. the legendary coaches, talking about bud, barry, and bob, all of them thoroughly dominated the rivalry. switzer, 15-1 against cowboys. bob stoops, 15-4. bob watching here tonight. he hired a 31-year-old lincoln riley to call the plays here. he fired josh

oklahoma witnessed the new south. after the civil war the federal government punished the native peoples who aligned with the confederacy. the members of the five tribes shifted from a focus on the land that people occupied to their membership in a particular native people. this alienated american indians of the land. this is particularly dangerous in the south at a time when legal segregation is gripping the nation. anyone with native identity has suspicious suspecting they were colored people. claiming membership in a crime granted some security as a citizen as well as claims to triable identity. american indians found strong incentives to maintain their identity as american indians. they kept their roles to practice generated conflict within tribes, white officials, and claimants. the lives of american indians, you can see where most people live in the south in 1860 welcome and it is where slavery is strong. now we're witswitching from 191o 1920. you see oklahoma now, you see that the south is actually growing pret

the cry for help at one oklahoma hospital, stretched to its limits.gutman granted special access on the front lines, witnessing hope in the darkness. >> hey, babe. i love you. >> reporter: suzanne simms is desperate to believe her husband, curtis, can hear her. >> you keep fighting. you keep fighting. you got this. we've been through a lot. >> reporter: this is the first time she's seen him since she dropped him off at the hospital ten days ago. through a snarl of tubes and iv drips, she clutches his swollen hand. fully aware she's getting a moment that so many thousands of families have missed, a chance to see their loved ones in the icu. >> i can't believe i actually got to come see you. >> reporter: comanche county memorial hospital in lauten, oklahoma, just one in a growing pool of health care systems across the country on the brink, close to breaking. there are more than 76,000 covid patients currently hospitalized in the u.s., more than at any other point in the pandemic. >> we knew this was coming for months and we didn't build up our stock of

i met a man whose daughter was killed on the oklahoma bombing -- oklahoma bombing in which timothy mcveigh was executed. he did not want to see that. he didn't think it brought any comfort to him and became friendly with the father of the murderer himself, bringing together the common bond that they had both lost loved ones unjustly. the united states is a slightly different case to most countries because they devolve the powers on the death penalty to individual states and yes, the federal government occasionally does carry out federal executions and donald trump, bill barr, the u.s. attorney general are carrying out executions even though it is a lame-duck administration. even when joe biden becomes president, he will have no power other than when it comes to federal crimes to deal with death penalty issues. it is down to individual states. it's down to states like texas and virginia who are still carrying out these executions, even though there are substantial numbers of people within those states who want to carry on executing. i think it sends a terrible example that the united states

in oklahoma, hospitals now over capacity. tonight, the wife suiting up in protective gear to get to her husband on a ventilator. and that news from pfizer. what the ceo said today about emergency authorization and once that happens, saying some americans will have the vaccine in hours, not days. >>> the long lines tonight. americans in several states waiting hours to be tested. some are doing this as a safeguard before thanksgiving. and the images tonight, some grocery store shelves empty again and the grocery store chains now limiting what customers can buy. >>> president trump still refusing to work with the incoming administration on a plan for vaccine distribution, among other things. president-elect joe biden saying people could die, they should be working together. and the vice president-elect kamala harris on the hill today, welcomed by republican senator lindsey graham. >>> president trump reducing troop levels in iraq and afghanistan, just days before president-elect biden takes office. the pentagon now making it off

this week we are in oklahoma, meeting some of its legendary covers of colour.in guides in a remote and stunning corner of east africa. this is africa's botanical garden you can find lots of things. hello and welcome to the show. once again in lockdown at the travel show ho. it is getting a bit like groundhog but from looking at our media feeds so many of you are desperate to get back out on the road again andi get back out on the road again and i suppose we can do in the meantime is plan and dream and plenty of great inspiration coming your way. first though, for those of us looking forward toa time for those of us looking forward to a time we can travel again, what does that look like and how can we safely book a trip when things are still so uncertain? normally at this time of year lots of us would be booking our usual summer booking to the beach or an easter break and there is one holiday coming up very soon that many travellers may still have that ion. but coronavirus has meant that this festive season has meant that this festive season will look a little d

he was born in oklahoma. he was a descendent of geronimo 's band, who was removed to oklahoma after the -- after geronimo and his band were captured. terrificbecame a artist. as you can see here, one of the main foci of this particular piece is a native american on horseback. that is truly the story of native americans in the southern plains region and in the panhandle especially. once horses became available to 1600s, particularly the comanches and some of the apache people -- they were able to obtain horses from the traders in santa fe -- stealing some of them as well. they were able to then utilize the environment much more efficiently because they could .over much longer distances reallyon hunting culture became the strong suit, the highlight of the area, and it became a culture of mobility. what i'm going to do today is to share with you some of the objects that were associated with that kind of mobility. objects such of clothing that were beaded with glass beads, obtained through trade. what i would lik

>> host: joining us is represented tom colin republican from oklahoma. congressman cole we have asked you this question before and you've always had a large reading list. what's on your current reading list? >> guest: well i have just finished the splendid and the file by eric wesson of churchill and his family really in the worst year of the war the year right after he becomes prime mr. may 10 of 1940 clearly the day of the low countries and france and basically what it was like to fight germany until june of 41 the russians are in a war and then obviously by december the united states is on the war. it's a wonderful. about a guy that i considered the greatest person update to a new century and the supreme ordeal of the long career. i've also been reading, i just picked up the greatest story by the name of gene edward smith, a great either for. i've read his biographies grant and eisenhower and eisenhower at the by far the best eisenhower biography ever written but he died in 2019. right now i just got into what may have been his best book on fdr on som

their museum and the university of oklahoma center for the study of american indian law and policy co-hosted a symposium of chief justice john marshal and the decisions. kevin butterfield looks at the origins of u.s. policies toward native americans focusing on the aftermath of the revolutionary war and the initiatives of george washington. mr. butterfield is the executive director for the library at mt. vernon. good morning, everyone. good morning. if you all could take your seats, please. happy leap day. what could be better than a bonus day and some real meaningful history content. it's a double win for me. i love it. i'm thrilled to have you all here to your virginia museum of history and culture. i have the privilege of serving as the president and ceo here and i'm going quickly kick us off as we have an all-star lineup of speakers today for this wonderful collaboration. i will point out, since i see now faces that are not our usuals here at this museum that you are gathered today in the oldest cultural institution in the commonwealth of virginia. we're older than the smithsonian instit

it's still in print, the cherokee phoenix in oklahoma. i imagine you could subscribe if you wanted to. it's available online, as well. now, these entities were created pursuant to a constitution as i suggested. this is another thing that the cherokee nation decided to do in order to establish its intent perpetually to remain essentially. they adopted a constitution in 1827. and the constitution included, among other things, the separation of powers and government. but it included also a statement of boundaries. these are our lands, and an after mir -- aftfirmation these will always remain our lands. so it's clear they're not going anywhere. this i think is one of the things that drove the georgians to contemplate more extreme action, the cherokees having failed to agree to remove pursuant the federal treaties over the previous two decades. the other thing i think that kicked the georgians into life in the late 1820s, gold was discovered in cherokee nation. so crossing the chattahoochee river and getting rid of these folks became an econom

but let's see, there is a question about earthquakes in oklahoma and other oil-producing states can be man-made, i think they are and on that that is not hydraulic fracturing per se, it's a process of injecting water into the shale and seeing hydrocarbons in a can and do small earthquakes but the bad actors that the process produces a lot of water into disposed of injection wells and so those get quite deep and you want to get below the aquifer, that's a process and we seem earthquakes up to magnitude 5.8 in oklahoma and we just had the anniversary, the anniversaries coming up september 3, 2016 there was a 5.8 in oklahoma and there was a debate about that, were they induced, were they natural, was this a cluster, that settled itself out as well, there was an overwhelming body of evidence pointing to industry activities, that was a success story and humans are causing earthquakes, you can mitigate hazard by changing what you're doing in places like oklahoma had developed stoplight systems or if you have injection then you scaled and that sort of thing, so the rate of earthquakes, the ra

. >> joining us now on booktv is representative tom cole, republican from oklahoma. we asked you this question before. you always had a large reading list. what is on your current reading list?

tom cole, republican from oklahoma. we have asked you this question before . always had a large reading list. what is on your current reading list. tom: i have just finished the splendid in the bio b is a wonderful recollection of his family during the war during 1940. it's really been day of the german and some of the countries in france. and then basically, what it was like to standalone against nothing germany. until the june of 41, then the russians were in the war and then obviously, by december of 41, the united states were in the war. it's a wonderful read about a god that i consider literally the greatest person of the century. in the supreme ordeal of his long career. also been reading. i just picked up the great historian by the name of jean edward smith. great biographer. i read his biographies, tran10 eisenhower. and eisenhower was by far the best biography ever written about him and there have been good ones. it he died in 2000 in 19. so right now, i just got into what may have been his best book which was on fdr. american historians choose the be

. >> joining us now on booktv representative tom cole the republican from oklahoma. we have asked you this question before and you have always had a large reading list. what's on your current reading list? >> well i have just finished the splendid and the file by eric larson an account of the worst year of the war after he becomes prime minister may 10 of 1940 really the day of the german invasion and then basically what it was like to stand alone against germany in june of 41 or the russians are in a war and obviously by december of 41 the united states is in a war but it's an extraordinary book. it's a wonderful. about a guy that i consider literally the greatest person in the 20th century and the supreme ordeal. and then i've also been reading, i just picked up the greatest story by the name of gene edward smith, great dr. for her. i have read is either phase grant and eisenhower. eisenhower is by far the best eisenhower biography ever written and there've been some good ones but he died in 2019 so right now i just got into what may have been his best book on fdr

. >> reporter: this weekend, oklahoma's governor plans to attend a college football game, then flout cdc recommendations and spend thanksgiving with his elderly parents. >> i think oklahoma should be with their loved ones over thanksgiving let's be safe about it. >> reporter: even with precautions the virus is finding far too many americans msnbc's rachel maddow says at one point she feared she would lose her partner susan of 21 years. >> whoever you most love and most care for and most cherish in the world, that's the person who you may lose. >> reporter: in north dakota, for mark winkleman, that person was his father norman. >> i was proud of him. >> reporter: his last words to his dad came over the phone. >> i told him i loved him. and that we will miss him. >> reporter: tonight, a final good-bye for far too many families. miguel almaguer, nbc news >>> too many good-byes. with so many getting sick the situation is becoming more desperate by the day for the nation's hospitals with growing shortages of beds and caregivers with more on that here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight

we have seen earthquakes of magnitude 5.8 in oklahoma. we just had the anniversary -- no, the universe is coming up, september 3, 2016, there was a 5.8 in oklahoma. there was a debate about that, that where the induced, natural, just a cluster? but that settled itself out as well that it would there was an overwhelming body of evidence pointing to industry activities. that actually is sort of a success story in that you can actually, if humans are causing earthquakes, you can mitigate hazard by changing what you were doing. places like oklahoma have developed stoplight systems. if you've wastewater injection and you start to have little earthquakes, the scale back and that sort of thing. so the rate of earthquakes, the rate of induced earthquakes has dropped over the last couple of years. >> it's really dropped. oklahoma has been doing oil and gas for so long they have something like 40,000 wastewater wells. and the fact i think there is a series of quakes, not the big one in 20 but around admin and ages close down five injection wells fo

because the governor in oklahoma has -- look, oklahoma's had a few high-profile covid incidents thatews. the president back in tulsa. but the governor, even as i think some city mayors wanted more mandates, he has not done it. and i get why. right? we know it's politically unpopular, particularly if you're a republican governor, to do these mask mandates. and i'm assuming you just find it exasperating because all you're asking is just wear a mask, i'm not asking you to do anything else right now. >> right. well, yes, you're exactly right. it is baffling to me how this has become a political issue. the flu isn't political. heart disease is not political. kidney disease is not political. but somehow putting on a face covering to protect the person, you know, next to you or around you has somehow become political. what i'm most concerned about, honestly, chuck, is we may not get a mask mandate. so i'm not waiting for that. the medical community in oklahoma has banded together to say we're going to go straight to the public and we're going to really listen to your objections. we want to

democrat kendra horn in the very republican state of oklahoma losing her seat to stephanie 47.9% to epublican, 51.1%. those are some of the ones that won't be returning. and there's the fact that the chairwoman in charge of gaining

baker, a member of the cherokee nation, discusses his family's involuntary move to oklahoma. >>> and it now gives me great pleasure to introduce jack baker. a former member of the triable council of the cherokee nation where he served for 11 years representing the cherokee citizens living outside of the cherokee nation. the national president of the trail of tears association. he is also the current president of the oklahoma historical society and serves on a number of other boards. he has done extensive research -- cherokee research for more than 50 years and authored various articles and ed di -- edited various books on cherokee history. i can say he continued his research even yesterday at the library of virginia. so it gives me pleasure to invite jack baker. [ applause ] >> thanks, elizabeth. it's an honor to be part of the symposium, but i come before you as a citizens of the united states and also a citizens of the cherokee nation. i'm an eighth generation oklahoman. at the time of the forced removal cherokees on farms and even large plantations -- and as lindsay pointed out, o

. >> joining us now on booktv is representative tom cole, republican from oklahoma. we asked you this question before. you always had a large reading list. what is on your current reading list? >> i just finished the splendid and the vial by erik larson, wonderful account of churchill and his family in the worst year of the war after he becomes prime minister may 10th of 1940, literally the day of the german invasion of france and then basically what it was like to stand alone against nazi germany until june of 41, russians are in the war and by december of 41 the united states is in the war. it is a wonderful read about a guy that i consider the greatest person of the twentieth century and the supreme ordeal of a long and brilliant career. i have also been reading, i picked up a great historian by the name of jean edward smith, great biographer. i read his biography grand and eisenhower, by far the best eisenhower biography of a written. he died in 2019. right now, just got into his book on fdr, the parkland prize which american historians choose as the best book of

. >> joining us now book tv is tom cole, republican from oklahoma.gressman paul, we have asked you this question before . you've always had a large reading lists . what is under current reading list. tom: i have just finished the splendid in the file by erik larson. it's a wonderful account of churchill and his family. literally during the worst years of the war. when after the prime minister of 1940, really the date of the low countries and france . and then basically, what was like to standalone against nancy germany. until june of 41, the russians are in a war and obviously, by december 41, the united states entered the war. it's an excellent book. it is a wonderful read about a guy that i consider the greatest person in the century. in the supreme ordeal of the career. and then i also been reading, i just picked up the great historian by the name of jean edward smith. it's a great biographer never read his biographies, grants and eisenhower. and eisenhower was by far the best eisenhower biography ever written and there are some good ones. but he

. >> joining us now on booktv is representative tom cole, a republican from oklahoma.gressman cole, we've asked you this question before. you've always had a large reading list. what's on your current reading list? >> well, i have just finished "the splendid and the vile" by erik larson, wonderful account of churchill and his family, really in the worst year of the war, the year right after he becomes prime minister, may may 101940, literally the day of the german invasion of the countries in france. and then basically what it was like to stood alone against nazi germany until june the 41 the russians are in the war and then obviously by december the 41 the united states is in the war. it's an extraordinary book, so it's a wonderful read about a a guy that i consider literally the greatest person in the 20th century and the supreme ordeal of a long and brilliant career. and then i have also been reading, i just picked up a great historian by the name of the gene edward smith come great biographer. i read his biographies of grant and eisenhower. eisenhower biography i t

. >> joining us now on book tv is representative tom cole, a republican from oklahoma. we've asked you this question before, you'vealready had a large reading list . what's on your current reading list. >> i have just finished the splendid and the file by erik larson, a wonderful account ofchurchill and his family . really in the worst year of the war after he becomes prime minister in 1940. just really the day of the invasion of the low country in france and then basically, what it was like to stand alone against nazi germany until june 1941, the russians are in the war and obviously by december 41, the united states is in the war but it's a wonderful read about a guy that i consider literally the greatest person in this century and it was the supreme ordeal of a long career. and i've also read, i just picked up the great story by the name of jean ever smith, great biographer. i've read his biographies, grant and eisenhower. eisenhower part of this and there's been some good ones but he died in 2019. so right now, i just got into what may have been his best book which

stephanie bice in oklahoma, who is the first iranian american who ever serve in congress a woman and republican woman at that i would be remiss to not mention senator kelly loeffler down in georgia. she and senator david perdue are in the fight of their life right now. we have seen for many years democrats in congress try to pass these radical and extreme policies like medicare for all. the green new deal, socialism and at this point the only thing standing between americans and that radical left agenda are senators down in georgia. brian: kelly loeffler will get the support of doug collins who they were able to run off allowing for two person runoff. martha mcsally was not successful in arizona astrodomet mark kelly.

tom cole, republican from oklahoma. we have asked you this question before . always had a large reading list. what is on your current reading list. tom: i have just finished the splendid in the bio b is a wonderful recollection of his family during the war during 1940. it's really been day of the german and some of the countries in france. and then basically, what it was like to standalone against nothing germany. until the june of 41, then the russians were in the war and then obviously, by december of 41, the united states were in the war. it's a wonderful read about a god that i consider literally

. >> joining is now on book tv tom cole a republican from oklahoma, congressman wiebe asked you this question before, you've always had a large reading list, what is on your current reading list. >> i just finished the splendid and the vile by eric larson, wonderful account of him and his family, there in the worst year of the war right after becomes prime minister in 1940, the day of the german invasion in the countries in france and basically what it was like to stand alone against not see germany until june of 41 the russians are in the war and obviously by december 41, the united states is in the war, you've seen the book, it's a wonderful read about a guy that i consider the greatest person of the 20th century and the supreme ordeal of long and brilliant career, i've also been reading, i just picked up the greatest story of the name of jean edward smith, great biographer, i read his biographies a grant in eisenhower, by far the best eisenhower biography ever written and there has been some good ones. but he died in 2019, right now just got into what may have been his best book f

this week, we're in oklahoma, meeting some of its legendary cowboys of colour.ll task facing these mountain guides in a remote and stunning corner of east africa. this is africa's botanical big game. it has got lots of things that you can't find anywhere in africa. hello and welcome to the show. once again, in lockdown at travel show hq. it's getting a bit like groundhog day, isn't it? but i know from looking on our social media feeds just how many of you, like us, are desperate to get back out there on the road again. and i suppose all we can do in the meantime is plan and dream and we've got plenty of great inspiration coming your way. first, though, for those of us who are looking forward to a time when we can travel again, what does that look like? and how can we safely book a trip when things are still so uncertain? well, normally, at this time of year, lots of us would be thinking about booking our usual summer trip to the beach or maybe an easter city break. and there is, of course, one holiday coming up very soon that many travellers may still have their

i'm grateful to say that oklahoma has a much lower cost of living than northern virginia. and so hiring people out of northern virginia rather than hiring people out of oklahoma or so many other great states scattered around the country, there's a cost savings there and there's a ready workforce that may be interested to take that on in another group of people you could recruit from. >> talk to me about this on the hiring side of this, why wouldn't that work and what are the barrier that is you see. >> it absolutely would work and it does work. we had already started making that shift at the labor department just as the transportation department has. it was a paradigm shift for some of our managers and supervisors who have now had their you are ree ka moment, i have an employee pool that is the entire united states not just the d.c. metro area. we're announcing jobs at this time for all locations. no longer just a washington, d.c. duty station or a chicago, illinois, duty station. in the office of human resources itself, about a third of my staff is 100% remote telework an

we will watch thunderstorms late today possibly even isolated severe storms, watch out, oklahoma city. and then those storms will roll tonight into early tomorrow morning into areas of tennessee. by wednesday afternoon the ohio valley is kind of wet. by thanksgiving day this storm goes all the to the east coast it looks like the southeast wet in the morning but then the afternoon is fine. the areas that will linger with the rain the longest on thanksgiving day unfortunately looks like fro okay, shouldn't be too bad central wisconsin has the best chance of an accumulating snow watch out for thunderstorms late today in oklahoma. we will give you the rest of that thanksgiving day forecast coming up. >> all right see you in a bit, bill thanks. >>> just in time for the holidays, krispy kreme's festive doughnuts are coming in hot. the santa belly doughnut is making its return along a red velvet skris mass true and present tree. >>> when we return are you on the road with a defective air bag? inside a major recall affecting millions. >>> still ahead a master class in how to become successful

i'm grateful to say that oklahoma has a much lower cost of living than northern virginia. and so hiring people out of northern virginia rather than hiring people out of oklahoma or so many other great states scattered around the country, there's a cost savings there and there's a ready workforce that may be interested to take that on in another group of people you could recruit from. >> talk to me about this on the hiring side of this, why wouldn't that work and what are the barrier that is you see. >> it absolutely would work and it does work. we had already started making that shift at the labor department just as the transportation department has. it was a paradigm shift for some of our managers and supervisors who have now had their you are ree ka moment, i have an employee pool that is the entire united states not just the d.c. metro area. we're announcing jobs at this time for all locations. no longer just a washington, d.c. duty station or a chicago, illinois, duty station. in the office of human resources itself, about a third of my staff is 100% remote telework an

but let's see there is a question about earthquakes in oklahoma are other oil-producing states could be man-made. i think the jury is in on that. is not hydraulic fracturing per se. the process to inject water into typically shale for the hydrocarbons but the actual hydraulic fracturing can trigger or induce smaller but the really bad actors that produces a lot of water that is toxic you don't want it to contaminate the aquifer. so it is disposed of in injection wells and that is the process that can produce more significant earthquakes we have seen five.eight magnitude and we just had the anniversary coming up september 3rd, 2016 in oklahoma. there was a debate about that where they induced or natural or a cluster stalled itself out as there was an overwhelming body of critics according to industry activities and that is part of a success story that you can mitigate hazards by changing what you are doing in places like oklahoma with the stop play systems and then you scale back so the rate has dropped the last couple of years. >> there's a 40000 wastewater wells and not the big one

which utterly confused white people throughout oklahoma. as he grew to manhood in the 19 thirties and forties. he was never actually a cheap of his people, but he did it grow up to be a wonderful native american artist. he served briefly in the second world war and when the war was over the gi bill helped him attend the university of oklahoma where he pursued his education and passion for art. it's at the university of oklahoma that cheap learns the rudiments of cubism, surrealism. artistic methodology's, trends that were popular in the early 20th century. these helped chief perry engage with traditional native stories he had grown up hearing relatives and family friends telling him about. in particular surrealism, influencing this piece here, entitled the warrior, is a piece that evokes an attempt on the part of the warrior to step back, to find a portal, a passage to another series of stories, another time and place. another level of consciousness. all the teams that are very much in keeping with traditions of surrealism. anyone who knows

baker, a member of the cherokee nation, discusses his family's involuntary move to oklahoma. >>> and it now gives me great pleasure to introduce jack baker. a former member of the triable council of the cherokee nation where he served for 11 years representing the cherokee citizens living outside of the cherokee nation. the national president of the trail of tears association. he is also the current president of the oklahoma historical society and serves on a number of other boards. he has done extensive research -- c