M2 - The American India Center & Museum

The American India Center & Museum



The source that I reviewed was The American Indian Center, an informational website created by the Oklahoma state agency's Native American Cultural & Education Authority. The American Indian Center's website takes the perspective of Native Americans, mostly Oklahoma native tribes and is attempting to convey their history and culture while offering fun and informative exhibits and performances in the museum (AICCM Project Overview.mov). The American Indian Center offers an entire section regarding Oklahoma tribal history and how European contact affected them, dating back to 1830 all the way up to today (Oklahoma Tribal History). Performances featuring stories of the Caddo, Wichita, Apache, Osage, and Quapaw tribes are told and brought to life by Native artists and story tellers (Performance/Film Venues). Exhibits of the Fist Nations dating back to 1400 all the way to modern times will offer visitors a look into the past of Oklahoma tribes, culture and art (Permanent Exhibition Gallery).

In 1830 the tribes that were considered indigenous to Oklahoma at the time of first European contact were the Caddos, Witchitas, Quapaws and the Plains Apaches. After European contact several other Native tribes were forced to migrate West across the Mississippi River and settled in Oklahoma, which displaced the original indigenous peoples. This migration from East to West also caused many tribes to split in the process. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced all Eastern Native Americans West across the Mississippi and the "Five Civilized Tribes" which consisted of the Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles and Cherokees purchased present day Oklahoma from the US government while other tribes were forced to resettle on unorganized reservations in Kansas and Nebraska. In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed Americans to further settle into the Native American reservations which caused these tribes to be forced to resettle again. During this time Oklahoma became known as Indian Territory and many of these tribes resettles in Western Indian Territory in 1859. After the Civil War railroad construction became in the Great Plains region and Americans were granted safe passage in the Kansas-Nebraska area by the US government by forcing Native American tribes to resettle on the Western Indian Territory reservations. Today, there are 38 federally recognized Native American tribes that reside in Oklahoma and each nation has a top priority in preserving their language and culture, giving Oklahoma the name "The Heart of Indian Country" (Oklahoma Tribal History).


  1. “Oklahoma Tribal History.” The American Indian Center, www.theamericanindiancenter.org/oklahoma-tribal-history. 
  1. “AICCM Project Overview.mov.” YouTube, YouTube, 28 Feb. 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ2fLsDOvSU. 
  1. “Performance/Film Venues.” The American Indian Center, www.theamericanindiancenter.org/performance-film-venues. 
  1. “Permanent Exhibition Gallery.” The American Indian Center, www.theamericanindiancenter.org/permanent-exhibition-gallery. 

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  1. AnonymousDecember 24, 2017 at 8:12 PM

    Hi Jeremy,
    Nice write up on the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum. One area of history I've been looking to research personally involves how this region changed during and after the Civil War particularly from the perspective of Native American tribes. Based upon what I have read so far it appears the building of railroads during the westward expansion time period was more integral than I had realized. "To protect the newcomers and provide safe passage to the developing West, the federal government in 1867 once again removed the Eastern immigrant Indians form Kansas and Nebraska reservations and relocated them on Indian Territory lands recently ceded by the Five Civilized Tribes." (The American Indian Cultural Center and Museum )
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