The Choctwa, a Native American tribe from the Southern United States, called the territory Okla Humma — red people. The Choctwa tended to be civilized with the United States and partook in numerous treaties with the U.S. which relinquished their rights on lands and natural resources; in return they were given choice lands in the new Indian Territory.
On this day November 16th, in 1907, Oklahoma is accepted as the 46th State of the U.S. The state is known for its natural resources in oil and natural gas. A majority of Oklahoma is part of the Great Plains, a flatland with prairies and grass.
Oklahoma is the second largest producer of natural gas and oil in the United States. The state is culturally Southern, though geographically it is really more mid-west. Most of its population lives in the metropolitan areas of its capital Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Oklahoma City was founded during the 1889 Land Run of Oklahoma, when land was open to the white settlers after the Natives had left. Oklahoma has much geographic diversity between mountains, plaints, forests, rivers and is not a place to be overlooked.