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Watonga's Day in the Sun or Trickster Comes to Town

Description: Article describes the events surrounding the 1941 Cheyenne protest at the Watonga Post Office, including documentation of the event from various perspectives. The protest against cultural misrepresentation in the town mural was painted in a humorous light at the time, and illustrated the state of Indian-white relations in Oklahoma on a small-scale.
Date: Winter 1988
Creator: Silberman, Arthur
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0094.0706]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "When E. Blumhagen, speaker of the house of representatives, speaks into the microphone, members in the rear of the room are happier."
Date: January 3, 1941
Creator: Johnson, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0094.0704]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "E. Blumhagen demonstrates with a tape measure how much he lacks of filling the governor's chair . . . 56 inches vs. 36."
Date: September 30, 1941
Creator: Baughman, Betty
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0274.0592]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "With New Year's day, Christmas camps of the Indians broke up. Cordelia Buffalo, an Arapaho, left one of three camps near Canton, went back to school."
Date: December 29, 1941
Creator: Thomas, Gene
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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