By : Lauren Williams, Mikey Heath, Madison Garza, Nick Christy

OKLAHOMA

By: Lauren Williams, Mikey Heath, Madison Garza,Nick Christy

How did the Oklahoma flag get its design? Lauren

AFTER THE 1917 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, THEIR OLD FLAG BEGAN TO LOOK TO MUCH LIKE A COMMUNIST FLAG.

A CONTEST WAS HELD IN 1924 TO CREATE A NEW FLAG; MRS.FLUKES JR FLAG WON.

IT REPRESENTS MORE THAN 60 NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS AND THEIR ANCESTORS.

HOW DID OKLAHOMA GET ITS NAME?

-MIKEY

THE NAME OKLAHOMA CAME FROM THE CHOCTAW INDIAN’S WORDS “OKLA” WHICH MEANS PEOPLE, AND “HUMMA” WHICH MEANS RED.

WHEN EUROPEANS CAME TO THE U.S, THEY CALLED NATIVES RED PEOPLE.

OKLAHOMA WAS DECLARED INDIAN TERRITORY BY THE U.S GOVERNMENT.

WHAT ARE THE CULTURES THAT MAKE UP OKLAHOMA? ~Madison

CULTURES IN OKLAHOMA ALMOST 8 OUT 10 PEOLPE ARE

EUROPEANS DESCENTS 1 IN 100 ARE ASIANS 5 IN 100 ARE HISPANIC ABOUT 8 IN 100 ARE AFICAN

AMERICANS

SUCH LIKE GERMANS, IRISH, ITALIAN, AND ENGLISH HERITAGE LIVE IN OKLAHOMA

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD COME AND VISIT OKLAHOMA CITY TO CELBRATE NATIVE AMERICANS CULTURES AT RED EARTH FESTIVAL.

Why is Oklahoma called the sooner state?

Back when Oklahoma was giving out free land to settlers thousands of people stood on the border waiting for the signal to go claim land. But some people went into Oklahoma early before they should have. These people were called sooner's.

The Sooners where so infamous and popular that a university took the name ‘Sooners’ for the name of their team.

If you got caught in the land before they allowed people in, you would be shot, killed, or tortured.

Bibliography

“The State of Oklahoma” –An introduction to the Sooner state (published originally on a website) <URL: http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ok_intro.htm>

Bibliography

Oklahoma by Linda Saylor –Marchant

Saylor-Marchant,Linda. Oklahoma…Canada: Scholastic inc..2003, 80 print.

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