Oklahoma is the state with the most Native American’s living in it. It is now wonder that the state and area names are mostly related to the Indian tribes who have been here for a long time. Oklahoma itself means red people in native tongue. The Ozark Bluff Dwellers are the earliest native people to inhabit the area. They are apart of the Paleo-Indian tribes that lived around 12,000 B.C..The Bluff Dwellers were known to live in caves or under that bluffs along the streams. The were true grazers which kept them moving until they started to realize a more agriculture approach to feeding there people.
At some point the Creek Indians followed the Trail of Tears into Oklahoma from the Alabama area. President Andrew Jackson has the Indian Removal Act of 1813 passed which was to have the Indian tribes moved from the eastern states to the mid west states of mainly Arkansas and Oklahoma. There were five major tribes involved with the move which included the Cherokee, Creek and Seminole who ended up primarily in Fort Gibson which is near the now city of Tulsa. Then there were the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes that moves into the south part of Oklahoma which was then Fort Towson. The long migration was filled with hunger and disease which created so much sadness for the tribes forced to move. This is were the trails got the name.
Now many travelers search here for fantastic hotels in the state of Oklahoma because of the grand business of oil. In fact, Tulsa is booming because of oil. Some say it is the oil capital of not just the country but the world. It has its cultural attractions like some of the amazing architecture found in buildings like the Boston Building, the Philtower, or the Union Depot. The museums such as the Philbrook and the Gilcrease have some great exhibits to wonder through.
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