Indian City USA

Indian City USA

By Bobbie Chew Bigby and Randy Owen Palmer

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Publication Date: 29th October 2024

Dr. Bobbie Chew Bigby (Cherokee) and Randy Palmer (Kiowa/Choctaw) have collected colorful photographs showcasing one of the earliest, longest-running, and most cherished American Indian cultural attractions in the country, Indian City USA.

Located in Anadarko, Oklahoma, Indian City USA was open from the mid-1950s through the end of the 2000s. Drawing on vibrant postcard images, family photographs, and maps, together with the oral histories of those who worked and lived there, this book provides a unique view into Indian City USA and what made it so special for so many people.
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Dr. Bobbie Chew Bigby (Cherokee) and Randy Palmer (Kiowa/Choctaw) have collected colorful photographs showcasing one of the earliest, longest-running, and most cherished American Indian cultural attractions in the country, Indian City USA.

Located in Anadarko, Oklahoma, Indian City USA was open from the mid-1950s through the end of the 2000s. Drawing on vibrant postcard images, family photographs, and maps, together with the oral histories of those who worked and lived there, this book provides a unique view into Indian City USA and what made it so special for so many people.
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Dr. Bobbie Chew Bigby (Cherokee) and Randy Palmer (Kiowa/Choctaw) have collected colorful photographs showcasing one of the earliest, longest-running, and most cherished American Indian cultural attractions in the country, Indian City USA.

Located in Anadarko, Oklahoma, Indian City USA was open from the mid-1950s through the end of the 2000s. Drawing on vibrant postcard images, family photographs, and maps, together with the oral histories of those who worked and lived there, this book provides a unique view into Indian City USA and what made it so special for so many people.

Details
  • Pages: 96
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Publication Date: 29th October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781467161336
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
    TRAVEL / United States / South / West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
    SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Author Bio

Dr. Bobbie Chew Bigby (Cherokee) is a scholar of Indigenous-led tourism and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Waterloo. Part of her doctoral research focused on collaborating with the Palmer family to document Indian City USA history. This book is an important outcome of that collaboration. Randy Palmer (Kiowa/Choctaw) is a Kiowa culture bearer, a veteran, and a lifelong member of the Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society. Palmer grew up at Indian City USA alongside family and community, where he lived immersed in Kiowa and intertribal ways.

Dr. Bobbie Chew Bigby (Cherokee) and Randy Palmer (Kiowa/Choctaw) have collected colorful photographs showcasing one of the earliest, longest-running, and most cherished American Indian cultural attractions in the country, Indian City USA.

Located in Anadarko, Oklahoma, Indian City USA was open from the mid-1950s through the end of the 2000s. Drawing on vibrant postcard images, family photographs, and maps, together with the oral histories of those who worked and lived there, this book provides a unique view into Indian City USA and what made it so special for so many people.

  • Pages: 96
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Publication Date: 29th October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781467161336
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
    TRAVEL / United States / South / West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
    SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)

Dr. Bobbie Chew Bigby (Cherokee) is a scholar of Indigenous-led tourism and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Waterloo. Part of her doctoral research focused on collaborating with the Palmer family to document Indian City USA history. This book is an important outcome of that collaboration. Randy Palmer (Kiowa/Choctaw) is a Kiowa culture bearer, a veteran, and a lifelong member of the Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society. Palmer grew up at Indian City USA alongside family and community, where he lived immersed in Kiowa and intertribal ways.

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