DOCSLIB.ORG

Oklahoma Today May-June 1987 Volume 37 No. 3

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Oklahoma Today May-June 1987 Volume 37 No. 3 JW AEROBATIC AeES WORLD'S BIGGEST POW WOW MAY-JUNE '87 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA L MAY-JUNE '87 Governor VO~.37, v No. 3 COVERS world, Fort Sill has preserved its completely original and ever- history while squarely facing the modem changing? Were you there when Charlie OKLAHGMA "' world. Christian, Jimmy Rushing and now- TO! GRIT, GUTS forgotten others hung Oklahoma's star B THE RIGHT STUFF 16 on the musical map, when jazz swung on "Deep Second" Street in These guys ride broncs, rope calves Oklahoma City and Tulsa's and work cattle for a paycheck. And Greenwood Street? Ruby's Grill, the once a year during the Oklahoma Ritz Ballroom and the Blue Devils Cattlemen's Association Range are gone now, but the history stayed Roundup, teams of honest-to- with us and jazz still swings. goodness cowboys from 12 Oklahoma ranches compete in wild cow milking, cattle doctoring and other FESTIVAL OF TnE SUN 36 genuine cowboy chores. During one three-day weekend in PORTFOLIO 23 Bartlesville, more than 100,000 people Saxophonist McCraven pause to celebrate spring and Morris of the Bottom Line Here's a glimpse of what you'll see at summer, the seasons of the sun. Transaction. Bianca's lazz the biggest pow wow the world has seen. Club, ~klahomacity.- Photo by Steve Sisney. Inside A ROCK & ROLL hnt. Grand Lake in early HIQHWAY TO A PLACE June. Photo by Jim Argo. CALLED HEAVEN 40 Back. Cooling off in Woods You might call them crazy-a lot of County. Photo by people do. But for the Okie Twisters, a Jim Argo. small band of accomplished aerobatic pilots, there's no better place in the world than spinning and rolling 3,000 feet above it. FEATURES I DEPARTMENTS Today in Oklahoma .................................4 DID you DANCE? 28 ~ooka~etters........................................... 5 DESTINATION: id you chmse a pamr and take a Uncommon Common Folk......................6 FORT SILL 8 turn on the dance floor to celebrate the Oklahoma Omnibus: From an isolated frontier outpost to birth of jazz, an American-made Jim Thorpe .............................................14 'the largest field artillery school in the sound that can only be defined as Entertainment Calendar.........................45 *.--. -" " -- --- PUBLISHED BY THE OKLAHOMA TOURISM AND RECREATIONDEPARTMENT OkMoma TODAY (ISSN 0030-1892) is published bi- monthly in January, March, May, July. September and Sue Cancr, Editw-in-Chief Carolyn Hollingsworth, Marketing November. Subscription prices: $lUyr. in U.S.; $16/yr. Susan Bunney Tomlinson, Managing Editor Sheila Brock, Accounting outside U.S. Copyright 1987 by OkMono TODAYmaga- Pat Shaner Laquer, Art Director Melanie Mayberry, Subscription Services zine, 401 Will Rogcn Bldg., P.O. Box 53384, Oklahoma Teresa Freeman, Events Calendar City, OK 73152. (405) 521-24%. Printed at PennWell Printing, Tulsa. Glenn Sullivan, Exemme Dzrector Tourism and Recreation Cornmiasion Sccond-class postage paid at Oklahoma City, OK and I Tom Creider, Parks additional entry ofices. Postmasuc Send address Eugene Dilbeck, MurReting Serer~m Rilla Wdcox, c2m- Bob Hinton changes to OkMomu TODAY Circulation, P.O. Box Michael L. Moccia, Adminitranon Cados Langsroa, Vkauirtnaa Gncc Renbargcr 53384, Oklahoma City, OK 73152. Tom Rich, Lodges Lany Lindlcy, Scm&ty R. L. Rollins Chino Ferrer, Plannmng b Dmlopmenr James Durham vnarmobnd I- %-,, I - - MAY-JUNE '87 3 hosted by Oklahoma's 67 tribes. Not only paintings but the finest in bas- kets, pottery, rugs and jewelry will be displayed. Judges for the art-all Native Amer- icans-include Allan Houser, a world- renowned sculptor originally from Apache who now lives in Santa Fe; Dick West, a sculptor and painter who formerly headed the Bacone College art program and now of Tijeras, New ast fall, a random sample of 1,500 *75% want more stories on outdoor Mexico; and U.S. Rep. Ben Night- Lsubscribers was selected to partici- recreation, places to visit and rural life. horse Campbell of Colorado, who de- pate in a reader survey. We wanted to Your favorite features are the Pho- signs jewelry. find out what story topics you like tography Portfolio and Uncommon The marketing and exhibiting of best, the regular features you enjoy Common Folk. American Indian art has grown dramat- most, what you like to do outdoors, A few asked where our printer is ically in recent years. and get better acquainted with our located. To clear this up-Oklahoma This movement began about 60 readers. TODAY has always been printed in years ago with the Kiowa Five-James The response was great. An extra Oklahoma, currently at PennWell Auchiah, Spencer Asah, Jack Hokeah, bonus was the fascinating and enthusi- Printing Co., Tulsa. Monroe Tsatoke and Stephen Mo- astic comments many added to the Several expressed concern about pope. Professor Oscar B. Jacobsen in- questionnaire. One wrote, "My hus- changing Oklahoma TODAY. One vited these young Kiowa artists from band is a school teacher and teaches wrote, "This is a fine magazine. Do Anadarko to work in the School of Art Oklahoma history. He uses this maga- not try to fix it." at the University of Oklahoma in 1927. zine as a teaching tool and the kids And after this lengthy study, that's Later that year he organized an exhibit love it!" Another commented, "I just just what we plan to do-not fix it. of their paintings which was widely started taking the magazine, but I plan You'll continue to see beautiful scenic acclaimed throughout the United to keep each issue, and I would like to photography and stories on history, States. use them as a guide for visiting places travel, nature, outdoor recreation and Feathers will be flying as dancers in Oklahoma." the arts. Thanks for helping us stay on also compete at Red Earth '87. Not What else did we learn about our track. only feathers but beautiful beadwork, subscribers? + Some of the country's finest Na- buckskin, patchwork and other exotic *22.1% share their copies with four tive American artists grew up in Okla- clothing will be worn. And there will or more persons. Several display Okla- homa, and this summer many will be be stickball and lacrosse games to homa TODAY in reception areas. returning home to show and sell at watch, frybread and grape dumplings *51.5% attended an event or visited Red Earth '87, a national pow wow to eat. Our Portfolio, beginning on a place after reading about it in OkIaho- page 23, shows some of the sights to ma TODAY see. *72% went to college and 36.4% + Actually, this issue suggests all have more than four years of college. Next Issue: Bob Tway. Lindy Miller. kinds of activities for you. You can Most enjoy the outdoors. David and Danny Edwards. Doug explore one of the Army's largest mu- Tewell. Scott Verplank. The roster of seums at Fort Sill; celebrate the 100th *62.4% garden; 49.9% picnic, and stars from Oklahoma State University's birthday of Jim Thorpe, the world's 40% birdwatch, hike or fish. golf program reads like an Associated Many of you visited historical sites, Press Top 10 poll. Meet the players and greatest athlete, and watch real work- museums, art festivals and concerts coaches who've made OSU the most ing cowboys compete at the Range last year. formidable force in college golf. Then Roundup. And at night you can dance What would you like to read about put a rod and reel in your hands and to the wild and crazy cadence of jazz in future issues of OkIahoma TODAY? head for Lake Texoma, one of the best music. *88.2% prefer stories on history. places around for matching wits with And if this isn't enough, turn to our 932.9% like nature and wildlife the elusive striped bass. All this and statewide Entertainment Calendar for stories. more in the July-August issue of OkMo- other ideas. How could you possibly '81.9% want suggestions for week- ma TDDAY. stay home? end trips. -Sue Carter Oklahoma TODAY ness magazine, coming across a beauti- for relaxed reflection while driving the ful full-color ad promoting "Lifestyle speed limit the entire way through Tulsa," featuring a billowing spinna- thick stands of forest. kered sailboat gliding across rich blue Chicago, I'll always love you, but water under a full sun. Tearing out the your lights and attractions don't bind Landmarks of the West, by Kent sheet, he flew it across the room with me as raptly as they once did. Driving Ruth; Univenig of Nehaska Pms, 901 the famous last words, "I'll go any- to Tulsa for a Richard Harris perfor- North I 7th St., Lincoln, Ncbraska where there's water." mance of Camelot, we realized the dif- 685884520;$1 7.50 pb. Either in a car Five days later, Chamber of Com- ference when we self-parked for $2 with a road map in hand or at home merce material in hand, trip prepara- directly across the street from a glitter- with a little imagination, readers can tions were made for a scouting trip to ing performing arts center. take a 21-state tour of some of the Oklahoma. The results of that trip pro- We've broken from the cookie cut- most important historic landmarks duced ownership of another home and ter mold of suburbia. The sophistica- west of the Mississippi River. the realization upon our return to Chi- tion of city living has created an In Oklahoma, the author covers cago that neither of us had jobs. Weeks appreciation of our new, quiet beauty. such sites as five forts built to either of suspense followed, but gradually all We've urged our former friends to pull protect or control Indian inhabitants the pieces of the puzzle slipped into back from the frenzy of getting ahead and Park Hill, a Cherokee settlement place.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • MS 7536 Pochoir Prints of Ledger Drawings by the Kiowa Five
    MS 7536 Pochoir prints of ledger drawings by the Kiowa Five National Anthropological Archives Museum Support Center 4210 Silver Hill Road Suitland, Maryland 20746 [email protected] http://www.anthropology.si.edu/naa/ Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Local Numbers................................................................................................................. 3 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 2 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 1 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2 Biographical / Historical...................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • OCR Document
    THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 14, No. 5 (1992) Hail to the real ‘redskins’ All Indian team from Hominy, Okla. , took on all comers By Arthur Shoemaker Buried deep in the dusty files of the Hominy ( Okla. ) News is this account of a professional football game between the Avant Roughnecks and the Hominy Indians played in October 1924: “Johnnie Martin, former pitcher for the Guthrie team of the Oklahoma State League, entered the game in the fourth quarter. On the first play, Martin skirted right end for a gain of 20 yards. However, Hominy was penalized 15 yards for Martin having failed to report to the referee. On the next three plays, the backfield hit the line for a first down. With the ball on the 20-yard line, Martin again skirted right end for the winning touchdown.” This speedy, high-stepping halfback was none other than Pepper Martin, star third baseman of the St. Louis Cardinals’ “Gas House Gang” of the 1930s. Pepper became famous during the 1931 World Series when the brash young Cardinals beat the star- studded Philadelphia Athletics four games to three. Nowhere is Pepper more fondly remembered than in the land of the Osage. For all his fame as a baseball star, he’s best remembered as a spectacular hard-running halfback on Oklahoma’s most famous and most colorful professional football team, the Hominy Indians. It was here that Pepper was called the “Wild Horse of the Osage.” The football team was organized in late 1923 at a time when Hominy was riding the crest of the fantastic Osage oil boom.
    [Show full text]
  • National Football League Franchise Transactions
    THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 4 (1982) The following article was originally published in PFRA's 1982 Annual and has long been out of print. Because of numerous requests, we reprint it here. Some small changes in wording have been made to reflect new information discovered since this article's original publication. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE FRANCHISE TRANSACTIONS By Joe Horrigan The following is a chronological presentation of the franchise transactions of the National Football League from 1920 until 1949. The study begins with the first league organizational meeting held on August 20, 1920 and ends at the January 21, 1949 league meeting. The purpose of the study is to present the date when each N.F.L. franchise was granted, the various transactions that took place during its membership years, and the date at which it was no longer considered a league member. The study is presented in a yearly format with three sections for each year. The sections are: the Franchise and Team lists section, the Transaction Date section, and the Transaction Notes section. The Franchise and Team lists section lists the franchises and teams that were at some point during that year operating as league members. A comparison of the two lists will show that not all N.F.L. franchises fielded N.F.L. teams at all times. The Transaction Dates section provides the appropriate date at which a franchise transaction took place. Only those transactions that can be date-verified will be listed in this section. An asterisk preceding a franchise name in the Franchise list refers the reader to the Transaction Dates section for the appropriate information.
    [Show full text]
  • The Native American Fine Art Movement: a Resource Guide by Margaret Archuleta Michelle Meyers Susan Shaffer Nahmias Jo Ann Woodsum Jonathan Yorba
    2301 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-1323 www.heard.org The Native American Fine Art Movement: A Resource Guide By Margaret Archuleta Michelle Meyers Susan Shaffer Nahmias Jo Ann Woodsum Jonathan Yorba HEARD MUSEUM PHOENIX, ARIZONA ©1994 Development of this resource guide was funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation. This resource guide focuses on painting and sculpture produced by Native Americans in the continental United States since 1900. The emphasis on artists from the Southwest and Oklahoma is an indication of the importance of those regions to the on-going development of Native American art in this century and the reality of academic study. TABLE OF CONTENTS ● Acknowledgements and Credits ● A Note to Educators ● Introduction ● Chapter One: Early Narrative Genre Painting ● Chapter Two: San Ildefonso Watercolor Movement ● Chapter Three: Painting in the Southwest: "The Studio" ● Chapter Four: Native American Art in Oklahoma: The Kiowa and Bacone Artists ● Chapter Five: Five Civilized Tribes ● Chapter Six: Recent Narrative Genre Painting ● Chapter Seven: New Indian Painting ● Chapter Eight: Recent Native American Art ● Conclusion ● Native American History Timeline ● Key Points ● Review and Study Questions ● Discussion Questions and Activities ● Glossary of Art History Terms ● Annotated Suggested Reading ● Illustrations ● Looking at the Artworks: Points to Highlight or Recall Acknowledgements and Credits Authors: Margaret Archuleta Michelle Meyers Susan Shaffer Nahmias Jo Ann Woodsum Jonathan Yorba Special thanks to: Ann Marshall, Director of Research Lisa MacCollum, Exhibits and Graphics Coordinator Angelina Holmes, Curatorial Administrative Assistant Tatiana Slock, Intern Carrie Heinonen, Research Associate Funding for development provided by the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Copyright Notice All artworks reproduced with permission.
    [Show full text]
  • Use of Native American Team Names in the Formative Era of American Sports, 1857-1933
    BEFORE THE REDSKINS WERE THE REDSKINS: THE USE OF NATIVE AMERICAN TEAM NAMES IN THE FORMATIVE ERA OF AMERICAN SPORTS, 1857-1933 J. GORDON HYLTON* L INTRODUCTION 879 IL CURRENT SENTIMENT 881 III. A BRIEF HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICAN TEAM NAMES 886 IV. THE FIRST USAGES OF NATIVE AMERICAN TEAM NAMES IN AMERICAN SPORT 890 A. NATIVE AMERICAN TEAM NAMES IN EARLY BASEBALL .... 891 B. NATIVE AMERICAN TEAMS NAMES IN EARLY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL 894 C. NATIVE AMERICAN TEAM NAMES IN COLLEGE SPORT 900 V. CONCLUSION 901 I. INTRODUCTION The Native American team name and mascot controversy has dismpted the world of American sports for more than six decades. In the 1940s, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) began a campaign against a variety of negative and unfiattering stereotypes of Indians in American culture.' Over time, the campaign began to focus on the use of Native American team names—like Indians and Redskins—and mascots by college and professional sports teams.2 The NCAI's basic argument was that the use of such names, mascots, and logos was offensive and *J. Gordon Hylton is Professor of Law at Marquette University and Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Virginia Law School and holds a PhD in the History of American Civilization from Harvard. From 1997 to 1999, he was Director ofthe National Sports Law Institute and is the current Chair-Elect ofthe Association of American Law Schools Section on Law and Sport. 1. See Our History, NCAI, http://www.ncai.Org/Our-History.14.0.html (last visited Apr.
    [Show full text]
  • The Szwedzicki Portfolios: Native American Fine Art and American Visual Culture 1917-1952
    1 The Szwedzicki Portfolios: Native American Fine Art and American Visual Culture 1917-1952 Janet Catherine Berlo October 2008 2 Table of Contents Introduction . 3 Native American Painting as Modern Art The Publisher: l’Edition d’Art C. Szwedzicki . 25 Kiowa Indian Art, 1929 . .27 The Author The Subject Matter and the Artists The Pochoir Technique Pueblo Indian Painting, 1932 . 40 The Author The Subject Matter and the Artists Pueblo Indian Pottery, 1933-36 . 50 The Author The Subject Matter Sioux Indian Painting, 1938 . .59 The Subject Matter and the Artists American Indian Painters, 1950 . 66 The Subject Matter and the Artists North American Indian Costumes, 1952 . 81 The Artist: Oscar Howe The Subject Matter Collaboration, Patronage, Mentorship and Entrepreneurship . 90 Conclusion: Native American Art after 1952 . 99 Acknowledgements . 104 About the Author . 104 3 Introduction In 1929, a small French art press previously unknown to audiences in the United States published a portfolio of thirty plates entitled Kiowa Indian Art. This was the most elegant and meticulous publication on American Indian art ever offered for sale. Its publication came at a time when American Indian art of the West and Southwest was prominent in the public imagination. Of particular interest to the art world in that decade were the new watercolors being made by Kiowa and Pueblo artists; a place was being made for their display within the realm of the American “fine arts” traditions in museums and art galleries all over the country. Kiowa Indian Art and the five successive portfolios published by l’Edition d’Art C.
    [Show full text]
  • The Use of Native American Team Names in the Formative Era of American Sports, 1857-1933
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by UND Scholarly Commons (University of North Dakota) North Dakota Law Review Volume 86 Number 4 Article 7 1-1-2010 Before the Redskins Were the Redskins: The Use of Native American Team Names in the Formative Era of American Sports, 1857-1933 J. Gordon Hylton Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.und.edu/ndlr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Hylton, J. Gordon (2010) "Before the Redskins Were the Redskins: The Use of Native American Team Names in the Formative Era of American Sports, 1857-1933," North Dakota Law Review: Vol. 86 : No. 4 , Article 7. Available at: https://commons.und.edu/ndlr/vol86/iss4/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Law at UND Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in North Dakota Law Review by an authorized editor of UND Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. BEFORE THE REDSKINS WERE THE REDSKINS: THE USE OF NATIVE AMERICAN TEAM NAMES IN THE FORMATIVE ERA OF AMERICAN SPORTS, 1857-1933 J. GORDON HYLTON* I. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 879 II. CURRENT SENTIMENT .......................................................... 881 III. A BRIEF HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICAN TEAM NAMES ....................................................................................... 886 IV. THE FIRST USAGES OF NATIVE AMERICAN TEAM NAMES IN AMERICAN SPORT .............................................. 890 A. NATIVE AMERICAN TEAM NAMES IN EARLY BASEBALL .... 891 B. NATIVE AMERICAN TEAMS NAMES IN EARLY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL ................................................... 894 C. NATIVE AMERICAN TEAM NAMES IN COLLEGE SPORT ....... 900 V. CONCLUSION ..........................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Historic American Indian Tribes of Ohio 1654-1843
    Historic American Indian Tribes of Ohio 1654-1843 Ohio Historical Society www.ohiohistory.org $4.00 TABLE OF CONTENTS Historical Background 03 Trails and Settlements 03 Shelters and Dwellings 04 Clothing and Dress 07 Arts and Crafts 08 Religions 09 Medicine 10 Agriculture, Hunting, and Fishing 11 The Fur Trade 12 Five Major Tribes of Ohio 13 Adapting Each Other’s Ways 16 Removal of the American Indian 18 Ohio Historical Society Indian Sites 20 Ohio Historical Marker Sites 20 Timeline 32 Glossary 36 The Ohio Historical Society 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, OH 43211 2 Ohio Historical Society www.ohiohistory.org Historic American Indian Tribes of Ohio HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In Ohio, the last of the prehistoric Indians, the Erie and the Fort Ancient people, were destroyed or driven away by the Iroquois about 1655. Some ethnologists believe the Shawnee descended from the Fort Ancient people. The Shawnees were wanderers, who lived in many places in the south. They became associated closely with the Delaware in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Able fighters, the Shawnees stubbornly resisted white pressures until the Treaty of Greene Ville in 1795. At the time of the arrival of the European explorers on the shores of the North American continent, the American Indians were living in a network of highly developed cultures. Each group lived in similar housing, wore similar clothing, ate similar food, and enjoyed similar tribal life. In the geographical northeastern part of North America, the principal American Indian tribes were: Abittibi, Abenaki, Algonquin, Beothuk, Cayuga, Chippewa, Delaware, Eastern Cree, Erie, Forest Potawatomi, Huron, Iroquois, Illinois, Kickapoo, Mohicans, Maliseet, Massachusetts, Menominee, Miami, Micmac, Mississauga, Mohawk, Montagnais, Munsee, Muskekowug, Nanticoke, Narragansett, Naskapi, Neutral, Nipissing, Ojibwa, Oneida, Onondaga, Ottawa, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Peoria, Pequot, Piankashaw, Prairie Potawatomi, Sauk-Fox, Seneca, Susquehanna, Swamp-Cree, Tuscarora, Winnebago, and Wyandot.
    [Show full text]
  • Chapter Eight
    CHAPTER EIGHT PRO FOOTBALL’S EARLY YEARS Then all of a sudden this team was playing to 6,000–8,000 people. I personally think that the Oorang Indians, the Canton Bulldogs, and the Massillon Tigers were three teams that probably introduced people to pro football. — Robert Whitman. Professional football got its start long after pro baseball, and for many years was largely ignored by the general public. Prior to 1915, when Jim Thorpe signed with the Canton Bulldogs, there was little money in the game. The players earned less than was paid, under the table, to some allegedly amateur players on success- ful college teams. Jim Thorpe, 1920s jim thorpe association Things changed when Thorpe entered the pro game. Jack Cusack, the manager of the Canton Bulldogs, recalled: “I hit the jackpot by signing the famous Jim Thorpe … some of my business ‘advisers’ frankly predicted that I was leading the Bulldogs into bankruptcy by paying Jim the enormous sum of $250 a game, but the deal paid off even beyond my greatest expectations. Jim was an attraction as well as a player. Whereas our paid attendance averaged about 1,200 before we took him on, we filled the Massil- lon and Canton parks for the next two games — 6,000 for the first and 8,000 for the second. All the fans wanted to see the big Indian in action. On the field, Jim was a fierce competitor, absolutely fearless. Off the field, he was a lovable fellow, big-hearted and with a good sense of humor.” Unlike Thorpe’s experience in professional baseball, he was fully utilized on the gridiron as a running back, kicker, and fierce defensive player.
    [Show full text]
  • Forgotten Firsts
    THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 13, NO. 5 (1991) Forgotten Firsts By Bob Gill These days it’s no great feat to pass for 300 yards in a game – at least a couple of quarterbacks do it every week, But have you ever wondered who turned in the first 300- yard game? Recently I came across the first 300-yard game documented by the NFL. Rookie tailback Pat Coffee of the Chicago Cardinals turned the trick in 1937 in a 42-28 loss to the Bears, completing 17 of 35 passes for 304 yards. Interestingly enough, a week later the Bears were victimized in the title game by another rookie, Sammy Baugh, who passed for more than 350 yards in leading the Redskins to a 28-21 victory. Considering the caliber of the opposition and the importance of the game, that may well have been the best day any passer has ever had. Thinking about record yardage totals, I wondered if anybody had passed for 300 yards in a game before the NFL began keeping track. I naturally called David Neft to ask if he could document any such games, or any other milestones, like the first 100-yard rushing day. David discovered the following firsts, all taken, of course, from his research into play-by- play accounts from 1920-32. Keep in mind that most games in the ‘20s will never be accounted for, so there may have been earlier cases in each category; but these represent the best information available. First 100-yard rusher: Sid Nichols of the Rock Island Independents, Oct.
    [Show full text]
  • Automobiles Performing the Trickster in Modern and Contemporary Work by Artists
    Not Your Grandfather’s Horse: Automobiles Performing the Trickster in Modern and Contemporary Work by Artists from Plains Cultures By AARON MOSES Bachelor of Arts in History A&M University Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas 2014 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS May, 2017 NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER’S HORSE: AUTOMOBILES PERFORMING THE TRICKSTER IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY WORK BY ARTISTS FROM PLAINS CULTURES Thesis Approved: Dr. Louise Siddons Thesis Adviser Dr. Irene Backus Dr. Douglas Miller *--Delete this paragraph before submission—Type Committee Member names on the Approval page of the electronic copy. If Dr. is used for one name, a similar title must appear on all names. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A special thanks to Dr. Louise Siddons, Dr. Douglas Miller, and the entire Art History department of Oklahoma State University for supporting the creation of this thesis; to my father and grandfather, for inspiring my interest in automobiles at a young age; and to my Jeep, whose regular maintenance issues never ceased to promote an appreciation for the importance of mobility. iii Acknowledgements reflect the views of the author and are not endorsed by committee members or Oklahoma State University. Name: Aaron Moses Date of Degree: May, 2017 Title of Study: Not Your Grandfather’s Horse: Automobiles Performing the Trickster in Modern Modern and Contemporary Work by Artists from Plains Cultures Major Field: Art History Abstract: The automobile is a recurring motif among modern and contemporary Native American artists that has gone severely understudied.
    [Show full text]
  • Doctoral Dissertation Template
    UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA GRADUATE COLLEGE REPRESENTATION AND MISREPRESENTATION: DEPICTIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN OKLAHOMA POST OFFICE MURALS A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE FACULTY in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY By DENISE NEIL-BINION Norman, Oklahoma 2017 REPRESENTATION AND MISREPRESENTATION: DEPICTIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN OKLAHOMA POST OFFICE MURALS A DISSERTATION APPROVED FOR THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS BY ______________________________ Dr. Mary Jo Watson, Chair ______________________________ Dr. W. Jackson Rushing III ______________________________ Mr. B. Byron Price ______________________________ Dr. Alison Fields ______________________________ Dr. Daniel Swan © Copyright by DENISE NEIL-BINION 2017 All Rights Reserved. For the many people who instilled in me a thirst for knowledge. Acknowledgements I wish to extend my sincerest appreciation to my dissertation committee; I am grateful for the guidance, support, and mentorship that you have provided me throughout this process. Dr. Mary Jo Watson, thanks for being a mentor and a friend. I also must thank Thomas Lera, National Postal Museum (retired) and RoseMaria Estevez of the National Museum of the American Indian. The bulk of my inspiration and research developed from working with them on the Indians at the Post Office online exhibition. I am also grateful to the Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and Internships for their financial support of this endeavor. To my friends and colleagues at the University of Oklahoma, your friendship and support are truly appreciated. Tammi Hanawalt, heather ahtone, and America Meredith thank you for your encouragement, advice, and most of all your friendship. To the 99s Museum of Women Pilots, thanks for allowing me so much flexibility while I balanced work, school, and life.
    [Show full text]