First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City opens

OKLAHOMA CITY - The long-awaited First Americans Museum held its grand opening on Sept 18-19 in Oklahoma City.
According a 2019 Associated Press article, “Construction on the 173,000-square-foot facility began in 2006 but was delayed for years after the project ran out of money and the (state) Legislature refused to allocate more funds. An agreement was ultimately reached in 2016 between the city, state and tribal nations to finish construction.”
FAM Director and CEO James Pepper Henry said the FAM’s architecture and main feature is a glass and steel half dome modeled after a Wichita grass lodge.
“We wanted to honor the original Indigenous peoples of this land, the Wichita and the Caddo,” he said. “As you know all the other tribes come from some other place. We are on what is and always was Caddo and Wichita land, and so this glass structure honors them.”

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Oklahoma State used to be known for as Indian Territory.

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659 First Americans Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73129 | [e-mail] | 405.594.2100