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In we woke, oklahoma, to learn the story of the western tribe. Hello. My name is Louis Johnson and i am with the seminole nation of oklahoma. We are here at the Seminole Nation Museum located in the , capital of the seminole nation of oklahoma wewoka, oklahoma. What we have here today are different exhibits that portray the history of the people. As a people, before we were separated from our homes from , our original homes in florida. I am actually the twin chief. I am the assistant chief. Of t...

Largest Historical Museum in the state of texas if you count it by the number and the exhibition title is cattle, cowboys and culture, kansas city and the Amarillo Building in urban west. The fulltime curator here and i are natives to kansas city. We were always interested in why this place felt so familiar to us. Michael started looking at the number of objects in the panhandleplains Permanent Collection that related to kansas city. It turns out there were over 1,000 objects on a database that ...

Santa monica, california. In the book, a matter of time, route 66 through the lens of change, a photographer and historian nick gerlich capture scenes along the route that speak to its past. In amarillo, we rode along with nick gerlich, following the path of the old highway. Why do you think this highway is still popular today, even after decades after it was decommissioned . Nick it has a lot to do with nostalgia today. People want to revisit places that maybe they experienced as a child. That ...

Texas to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For nine years, weve traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the book scene to our viewers. Watch more of our visits at cspan. Org. Amarillo is in the center of the texas panhandle. We affectionately call ourselves the capital city of the texas panhandle. We are approaching 200,000 people in this next census area census. Thats a marker for us. Its one of the most unique things, travel around and talk to other mayors, our superpower here ...

It runs from here to silverton. Case that the canyon is at least 80 miles in length. The river is probably more like 120 miles. It is the second largest canyon in the United States after the grand. It is not a single canyon. There are many canyons that branch off to the sides. We are standing in an area or we can see three canyons from where we are at right now. It is a much bigger system than people realize even with a brief visit to the state park. I grew up here in amarillo. As a young kid, i...

The cspan city tour is exploring the american story. With support from our this weekend, we traveled to amarillo,texas. Coming up in the next hour, weve learned about the citys Literary History including georgia okeefe and her time in the texas panhandle. Then in 10 minutes, we take a ride along route 66 to see its historic landmarks. In about 40 minutes, the history of africanamericans in amarillo. We begin our special feature with the citys mayor. Amarillo is in the center of the texas panhand...

University of North Carolina at check hill professor teaches a class about expanding rights in the 1960s and 70s. Looking at womens grecian and the gay rights movement. He covers Birth Control, the equal rights amendment and the stonewall riots. I want to start with a little story. Woman sherry, which is a pseudonym, was featured in a life magazine article. The story was about a choice that her family was facing. She was pregnant. Her husband had recently traveled to europe where he acquired a d...

President trump past leaders let china take the crown jewels of american industry. Now, we are finally responding to years of chronic trade abuses by defending our workers with tariffs, and anything else that is necessary. Because nobody is going to steal our businesses, nobody will close our factories, and nobody will close our plants anymore. They are all coming back. [applause] susan President Trump has popularized the debate over tariffs in our country once again. But how long throughout our...

Begin with the contemporary. I am standing here next to a magnificent piece of sculpture by the noted artist, alan hauser, who was apache. He was born in oklahoma. He was a descendent of geronimos band, who moved to after ther the band were captured. He later became a terrific see, this as you can particular piece is a native american on horseback and that is truly the story of native americans in the Southern Plains region in the panhandle especially. Available, incame the 1600s, particularly t...

But one thing we talked about in this show, we pitched it as looking without rather than always looking within. Panhandleplains museum, and the museum is the largest Historical Museum in texas if you count it by the number of artifacts. The exhibition title is cattle, cowboys, and culture, kansas city and, real on the building of the urban west. The curator and us are both natives of kansas city. We were always interested in why this place seems so familiar to us. And michael started looking at ...