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American State Flags: The Good, The Bad, & Nebraska | National Review

American State Flags: The Good, The Bad, & Nebraska | National Review "States with flags that require an extreme makeover might hold contests. That's what Oklahoma did nearly a century ago. Its first state flag was red, with a star...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 4, 2020 5:53 PM

Historical Hurricane Tracks

Historical Hurricane Tracks This app from NOAA shows the tracks of all tropical depressions, storms, and hurricanes in its record books and allows you to search for storms that have passed within a certain radius of a particular place. The...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 27, 2015 5:36 PM

Ireland monument to Choctaw Nation finished | NewsOK.com

Ireland monument to Choctaw Nation finished | NewsOK.com The sculpture in County Cork remembers the Choctaw Nation's generosity to the Irish people during the potato famine in 1847, not many years after Choctaw removal to Indian Territory....

Posted by Michael Bates on August 19, 2015 12:42 PM

Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma - 397 U.S. 620 (1970) :: Justia US Supreme Court Center

Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma - 397 U.S. 620 (1970) The 1970 U. S. Supreme Court case that decided (6-3) that the tribes retained ownership of navigable river beds in Oklahoma....

Posted by Michael Bates on April 16, 2013 3:58 PM