benjamin perryman was one of the men who negotiated the 1833 treaty. they were very involved in tribal affairs for a long time. as the railroad hit town, they became involved in local trade. 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 hom

the perrymans re: family descended from or named for a family -- are a family descended from our name for a family of welsh traders. when they came here, they brought their cattle and they began ranching, raising their herds of these wonderful pastor lands out here. one of their sons, lewis went into the trading business, setting up trading posts in competition with shoko, who had the trade with the osage for years and years. back then, the superhighway was trade for the rivers. in the 1830's and epidemic moved up the river and affected the people in springtown and a lot of errands and families moved over here to the arkansas. not only to avoid that, but to resettle. they wound up marrying into the tribe, which was set up here around the council treaty and have established their community up and down the arkansas river. because of the allotment act in the early 1900s we no longer own this land in common as a reservation would. the lands were split up into 160-acre parcels, and under certain restrictions, some of those lands could be sold at different times, and gradually almost all of

here's a handful of plays the birds could choose from starting with are perryman ranked as the best prospect in the draft. wains and collins was recruited when he worked with the crimson tide. >>> byron jones who set a record for the broad jump at the combine. a local guy is in the mix jaelen strong who played high school at west catholic prep. >>> eagles coaches have said he thinks mariotta is the best quarterback in the draft. watch the eagles breakdown the two part draft special starts tonight and continues tomorrow on "action news" after 11:00. >> i love draft day in every sport. it's fun to watch. the 6ers were fun to watch. it's going to be fun to watch the eagles. storm tracker 6 live double scan we have a fair amount of sunshine no precipitation. as we look outside conditions are getting fairly bright out there. we have cloud cover especially by the coast. there's sky 6 at the shore. the proof is in the picture there. overall we're looking at a fairly bright start and transition to clouds and sun mix. dewpoint 43. we have popped into the double digits, but we're looking at a fairly l

nelson aguilar and also florida state's christian green and will work out central florida's rashad perryman are expected to take a receiver in the first two rounds and chip kelly getting a lot of frequent flyer miles. it's back. the philly cheesesteak pizza. get our philly cheesesteak pizza. with original philly cheesesteak company steak and garlic parmesan sauce. a large for just $12. better ingredients. hns.com >>> we've got some good news and not so great news? >> tomorrow it is going to be warm but come with rain. just don't forget the umbrella. at least it will be near 70 degrees. we could see thunderstorms tomorrow and locally heavy rainfall and shouldn't be last lasting too long in any area at a time. the weekend it should dry out and the weekend should be cooler. >> thanks for being here tonight and we'll see you here tomorrow. sab man melgen. salomon macungie. jamie sill vonnk york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- first lady michelle obama, matthew morrison musical guest, the smashing

espn ranked perryman as the 20th best prospect. alabama safety collins could be a good fit.atch the draft breakdown after "action news" at 11:00. >> the apple watch may have a problem with your ink. >>> parents in tennessee schools are outraged over students being served meat that was 6 years old. >> reporter: we have jackets on the kids, temperatures in the 40s and 50s, this afternoon t-shirts, not as warm as yesterday, but appropriate. we'll be back with future tracker 6 and a look at showers today and the rest of the seven day that's coming up. >> welcome back we've got you live on the scene of breaking news, new video into the newsroom, fire gutted the leather repair visit in the nicetown section overnight. that fiber damaged a vacant home above the business, nobody was hurt. >> seems like local fire departments warning of fire dangers. it's been so dry. >> reporter: it has been dry and doesn't look like we'll get rain over the next couple of days. even though there's a coastal system a little bit far away for that. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're dry for

rashad perryman is considered the best and landon collins the best safety in the draft. now he could bring him here as well. >> i am saying that collins does or does not fit, there are thing he does well and things he struggles with. >> they are considering byron jones from oregon. some think he would be a reach but this kid can reach like no other and he set the columbine record for long jump and look out for this receiver from arizona state a local kid that played at west catholic prep, the possibilities are endless. jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> oh what will happen. jeff, jaime and i will join you tomorrow and friday night for our own special draft break down hear in coach kelly the show is coming your way after "action news" at 11:00. the white sox and orioles made history this afternoon and they held the first major league game played in front of 0 fans, this after the unrest in baltimore. some fans showed up to the fence and the shot heard around the world but by no fans in the building and caleb joseph signed autographs -- >> a fake autograph. >> to no

they are rating perryman as the best prospect. alabama safety landon collins could also be a good fit. join the sports team tonight and tomorrow for the draft break down right after "action news" at 11:00. >>> still more ahead on "action news" at 12:30 a hawaiian breach is closed after a rare shark attack kills a snorkeler. >> and thor and iron man and the rest of superheroes try to safe human kind. it's all next on "action news." >>> jurors in the eton patz trial is tlib rate. he is accused of killing the boy back in 1979 and the boy's body has never been found. hernandez has confessed to please but his lawyer says he is mentally ill and the confession was coerced. >>> it was fear that they may die from drinking contaminated water and the volcano is active for the first time in four decades, covering the surrounding areas in tons of ash. >>> a lava lake on hawaii is rising and bubbling the lake level is near the crater since tuesday, it has overflowed three times since then, since then hawaii volcano's national park remains open.