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• Oklahoma
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Oklahoma is the original and intact America. Land of the Indians, the bisons, where horses and other cattles are raised. More than any other States, Oklahoma stays marked by the Indian culture and traidtions. Its name is derived from two Choctaw Indian words : Okla which means Man and Homa which means Red. |
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Capital : Oklahoma City
Surface : 181,649 km²
Population : 3,317,091
Oklahoma City : 444,719
Tulsa : 367,302 |
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Clinton Route 66 Museum Guthrie Historical Center National Cow-boy hall of fame Oklahoma City Platt National Park Red Earth in Oklahoma City The Will Rogers Memorial
Tsa-La-Gi Cherokee village Turner Falls State Park Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge Woolaroc Museum Woolaroc Ranch, Museum & Wildlife Preserve
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| | | |  | There are many Indian symbols in Oklahoma, even on the State Flag you have the shield of Indians of the plains, and in front of the shield, a branch of olive tree crosses a pipe of peace. Indian territory
Oklahoma is today the meeting point of 67 original Indian tribes, whose descendants still live here. The only State to be designed as the Indian Territory, Oklahoma is the closest link between America and the Indian world. 37 nations live in Oklahoma, including the tribes of Kiowa, Delaware, Sac & Fox, Iowa and Potawatomi. They have their own assemblies and organize events during the summer. "Red Earth", the biggest "Pow Wow" in America takes place every year in Oklahoma City. | | | The Old West The spirit of America's Old West still lives in Oklahoma, where museums, festivals and amusements such as the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City, putting as decor the history of America's 46th State. Horses and cowboys riding them are an integral part of Oklahoma's past, present and future. Tourists can join the cattle gathering here, on horseback or together with a convoy of carriages.
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| Tulsa A petrol capital, home to Sun Oil and Texaco, and the International Petroleum Exposition Center, Tulsa has the largest Indian population. We can visit the Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art here, a museum devoted to Indian handicrafts and history of the pioneers. | | 
| Pawnee 56 km northwest of Tulsa, Pawnee was a transit place for the pioneers, and fatherland of Pawnee Bill, partner of the famous Buffalo Bill. At the Pawnee Bill Museum, we will discover a collection of Indian clothes and handicrafts. Buffaloes and longhorns wander freely within a city park. | | 
| Oklahoma City Capital of the State. Located about 154 km southeast of Tulsa, practically in the center of the State. Founded in 1889, Oklahoma City developed itself since the beginning of the 1920s, due to the discovery of petrol wells, making it rich today. | | 
| Guthrie In the center of the State, Guthrie was once the capital of Oklahoma. Famous for its renovated old quarters (today classified as the National Historic Landmark) gathering an ensemble of typical commercial architecture buildings from the end of 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. | |
| Oklahoma is also gifted with a rich nature, a paradise for excursions. About 56 State Parks and 5 Federal Natural Reserves are located in Oklahoma, and the State is also one of the States crossed by the historical Route 66, America's first transcontinental highway. | | | | | | Photo Credit : Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department | | | |
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