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Cherokee Nation s Saline Courthouse Museum in Rose
After years of ongoing work to restore, preserve and modernize the structure, the Cherokee Nation reopened the Saline Courthouse Museum last August. The last of nine district courthouses built in the 1800s by the Cherokee Nation, the Saline Courthouse features two galleries, a video presentation room, gift shop, public space and more.
One gallery showcases historical and cultural exhibits, while the other is dedicated to showcasing a different Cherokee artist every two months, with scheduled demonstrations available to the public.
The Saline Courthouse Museum is located at 55870 South 490 Road in Rose. It is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
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Jordan Green
For The Oklahoman
SAYRE – With thick, heavy coats of brown fur, hundreds of bison roam the vast, sweeping prairie near this western Oklahoma town, grazing on the waving grass in their native land.
Bison like these once numbered in the millions and covered the Midwest, providing food and resources to Native American tribes. But as settlers pushed westward in the 1800s, they killed the animals in droves.
Now, a company here is working to grow the herd.
Kyle Benjamin Reynolds and Austin Lee Puckett co-founded the Benjamin Lee Bison company in 2017 when they purchased land in the Sayre area and bought bison of their own. They added to a herd Puckett’s family started a few years earlier.
Osage Nation Museum Reopens With Pandemic Gallery
What have you been doing during the pandemic? Across the nation, DIY projects are way on the list of popularity these days. So are power tool injuries, something like 500% according to hospital records. I know people that haven t left their homes since last March, and others that have chosen 2020 as the year they started traveling the United States. Others put their angst and creativity down on canvas. As bad as this ongoing pandemic has been, it s been a banner year for individual creativity.
The Osage Nation Museum in Pawhuska recently made the decision to reopen their doors to the public because they ve got a lot to share with the world. Dozens of Osage Nation artists have spent the last year translating whatever was in their mind to what is now a mass of art on display. As the museum put it: