It'll All Be OK: Oklahoma History Documentary | Shape of the Union Episode 2

As a member of the Choctaw nation and some one born and raised in Oklahoma it was so awesome to see an in depth video on the state!

Thank you for doing the work and trying your best to not only recognize my tribe of Ketoowah but also other issues such as dropping the Creek from Muskogee (and in Oklahoma we say My-am-uh, not my-am-ee)

I’m a member of the Muscogee Nation and native Oklahoman, this video was pure gold! Thank you for sharing. I learned something today.

I cannot recall this ever being taught in schools. I hope educators offer this video for high school students.

From a native perspective this story is just a constant unfolding nightmare.

Looking forward to more of these. I really want to know why the little state of Louisiana came out of the enormous Louisiana Purchase.

Great video! I learned more in this 45min than I did in twelve years of school in Oklahoma.

Absolutely loved the video! I learned more through this than my entire Oklahoma History course in High School

Thank you for this wonderful video. Oklahoma’s history is so byzantine that a survey like yours is the best way to grasp even the broad sweep of it. Very well done. And I love the book by Sam Anderson you cited about OKC’s founding: “Boom Town”. Thanks again for the great work.

Thank you for covering my home state. I love it here and could talk about my state all day lol. Good work man! 👍

I lived in Tulsa for 8 years and this video was spot on

Great video. I’m from Guthrie and wished you would of included the fight over the state capital. Guthrie was the original Territorial Capital and it’s a pretty interesting story of how it was moved to OKC. Guthrie went from about 100 people to 10,000 over night as well. Haskell was in a feud with the first news paper located in Guthrie’s. The newspaper’s editor backed Haskell’s opponent for Governor. When Haskell was elected he sought revenge on Guthrie and immediately campaigned to have it moved to OKC. A state wide vote (with a lot of ballot stuffing) declared OKC the winner but before it was official, at midnight, Hackell send men on horseback to take the State Seal from Guthrie’s capital building. Guthrie likes to proclaim the Capital was “stolen” from us. Just a bit more of some Wild Wild Oklahoma history for you. Every year in April, we celebrate 89er’s, the first land run.

Great video. Something interesting to add on, some Choctaw argue that Oklahoma means something closer to “honored people”, because they say that humma/homma was also used as a title of honor and not just for the color red. Obviously “red people” is way more widely accepted and is even the given definition by the Choctaw website, still thought it was cool when I found that out though.

I realize that 1924 saw the Indian Citizenship Act, but it took another 24 years before all Native folks were "gifted" the nominal right to vote. Maybe this isn't news to anyone, but i think its worth mentioning any time the ICA is brought up. Great episode, btw.

You hardly mentioned it but "Old Greer County" plays a roll in that shape. Me great great grandparents homesteaded there when it was Texas. Ive been told my great great grandfather liked to say, "I've lived in 2 states and 2 territories without ever moving!"

I can't wait for the entire series.

Can't wait for the next episode!

This is the best concise presentation I have seen on how Oklahoma came to be. As a lifelong Oklahoman I wish I had watched this before I studied Oklahoma History in College. It would have been a helpful supplement. I also have a minor in geography.

I hope this guy comes back to make more videos, they're really interesting

This is one of the best videos about Oklahoma I've ever viewed! Thank you for making this! This is coming from a person currently residing on the Cherokee Nation Reservation in northeastern Oklahoma! I'll be sharing this with several friends.