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05.20.2013
Struggle of the Three
Hannibal B. Johnson
Native Americans within the uprooted “Five Civilized Tribes” found a new home in “Indian Territory”— Oklahoma. Decades later, these Indians …
05.17.2013
Shaun Perkins
Natasha Ball
Shaun Perkins forged the Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry out of her father’s old machine shop as a tiny monument …
05.16.2013
From One Fire
Marcos Barbery
On an oppressively hot evening last May, David Cornsilk addressed a room of so-called “black Indians” at Gilcrease Hills Baptist …
05.15.2013
Cherokee Freedmen Cover Explained
Michael Mason
Questions have arisen regarding the May 15, 2013 cover image of This Land magazine which warrant an explanation. The cover …
05.13.2013
Queen’s Gambit Declined
Matthew Crouch
May 21, 2008. Radisson Hotel, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Frank K. Berry U.S. Chess Championship. Two International Chess Masters sit at …
05.13.2013
The Full Nelson’s
Claire Spears
When I reached the register to pay for my lunch, I explained to Barry Rogers that I was writing a …
05.09.2013
The pages of the 1921 Booker T. Washington High School Yearbook
This Land
EXCLUSIVE: Is This the Face of the Man at the Center of the Tulsa Race Riot?
DIAMOND IN THE …
05.09.2013
Is This the Face of the Man at the Center of the Tulsa Race Riot?
This Land
In 1921, a young black man rode in an elevator with a young white woman. When the elevator doors opened, …
05.08.2013
Diamond in the Rough
Steve Gerkin
Diamond Dick Roland disappeared.
Secreted out the alley door of the Tulsa County Jail into an awaiting car provided by …
05.06.2013
The B Side
Bryonia Liggins
Since April is National Poetry Month, we’re pleased to run poems by a pair of younger writers who participated in …
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