Musical not your father's Oklahoma!

Today's intersection: four groups in Oklahoma seeking federal recognition meet a musical.

The United Band of the Western Cherokee Nation, the Cheyenne Nation, the United Chickamauga Band and the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band have filed letters of intent, according to a 2013 list from the Office of Federal Acknowledgment. None appear to have advanced to a stage where they are close to a decision based on a summary of active cases. [Indianz]

And:

Producer Gideon Lester explains: "There is no history of colonization or expansion or the building of nationhood that doesn't contain violence in it, and Oklahoma! dramatizes that. Now, it does it in a way that is sunny and funny and full of beautiful music. And that juxtaposition makes that violence even more disquieting." [NPR]

Cue Governor "Redneck" Fallin in 5...4... http://t.co/opJVGmn2HI

— Amber Whitlatch (@amwhitlatch) June 30, 2015

Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Cherokee OK, Wakita OK, Manchester OK until 6:45 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/Z6bEdz6mzx

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Andrew Jackson adopted a Cherokee child, and still had a genocide on native Americans https://t.co/UYGyzUEmjE

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