Truden, John

For many Oklahomans, Lake Thunderbird is familiar landscape. A manmade body of water in the center of the state, this reservoir and the surrounding forests have drawn naturalists, boater, bicyclists, campers, fishermen, and...

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Truden, John

A traveling salesman in 1923 conned the Osage community and the federal government into giving him thousands of dollars to start an American Indian Steamship Company - he almost got away with it., Truden, John. "The American...

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Truden, John

Neal Evans and Ben Clark built their lives on the rugged landscape of western Oklahoma—Evans as a storekeeper and Clark as a guide. John Truden uses the lives of the Evans and Clark families to demonstrate evolving systems of...

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Truden, John

The Native American Culture Group: Indigenous Community Organizing and Activism at a Federal Prison in 1970s Oklahoma, presented by John Truden, is part of “Perspectives in History,” the 2022 Oklahoma History Symposium. ...

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On the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota, Richard (“Dick”) Wilson is a controversial figure. During his first year as tribal chairman, the highest elected position for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, his...

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Between 1877 and 1885, a Southern Cheyenne chief named Stone Calf gathered a coalition of Southern Cheyenne women and men, cultural intermediaries, ranchers, missionaries, and U.S. soldiers together in northwestern Indian...

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