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The panhandle is a mysterious place (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 106 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

What's the historical reason it wasn't included in one of the other states? Why not have it be part of Kansas or Texas instead?

[–] BadWoof@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It has a lot to do with the US using Oklahoma as a dumping zone for first Americans and then over time taking even that from them piece by piece.

If your interested, Jonny Harris did a piece on it recently.

The Native American State That Never Was

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