Oklahoma

metals are distributed in the soils surrounding Tar Creek. Heavy metals have harmful effects on human health, especially in young people. Mine drainage and multi-story high chat piles left behind in the Tri-state mining district contaminate local Oklahoma waterways, including Tar Creek, with elements such as lead and zinc. Using flood maps of Tar Creek to select sites to analyze. 30m transect lines were laid on each side of the creek and soil cores were taken every 5m creating horizontal…

I was thinking it was the worst day in my life. But to find out, it was a good day. That had opened my eyes. I have to thank Oklahoma State Trooper Anderson for pulling me over that night. It was a Saturday night when I decided to have some beers with some friends. I also took my kids over to go swimming that night. As it started getting late, I went home and put my kids to sleep. At this time, I was also having my own fun that night too. I had been doing drugs, cocaine, that night. Along with…

image Steinbeck creates to define the Great Depression and Dust Bowl era. First, Windschuttle analyzes the effects the Great Depression and Dust Bowl had on the land of Oklahoma and its population. He explains that the dust storms did not affect Sallisaw, Oklahoma - the area where the Joads lived - since very little farmland in Oklahoma was affected. Windschuttle claims this…

decisions to better it. Being a CEO is very appealing because not only do you make very good money, you also get to coordinate all of the operations inside of that particular business. 2. Some of the responsibilities of this occupation are found on Oklahoma Career Guide including: “developing policies for your company, overseeing your company 's finances, talking with your workers and board members to coordinate activities and resolve problems, evaluating employee performance, and negotiating…

In John Steinbeck’s book, The Grapes of Wrath, he uses many themes in order to progress his story that shares just how difficult surviving in the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl was for many. One of the many themes that are apparent in the novel is community, which is present not just in the Joad family, but in the “Okies” as well. In the Joad family, it was the need for unity that kept it in tact when times got hard, such as when morale was low as they neared California. Although the family…

a music career, as well as future exceptions in life. On February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Colleen and Troyal Brooks became parents to a soon-to-be music star of the century, Garth Brooks. Graduating from Yukon High School in 1980, Garth had a track scholarship…

Hello. I am Adsila, of the Cherokee Tribe. My name means Blossom, and I am just 11 years old. A lot has happened in the Cherokee history, and there is much to tell. After all, my tribe loves to tell stories. For example, my mother, Adoette, has told me the story of the water beetle. We believe that once the Earth was all water. We think that humans lived in a world above Earth. When the water beetle came down, he swam around and spit dirt from his mouth and created islands! Over time, our…

move to Oklahoma. Also, today these Natives live on reservations throughout America. They are known to include a multi county area of more than 7,648 square miles in south central Oklahoma. In the 1600s, there were about 10,000 Chickasaw. They were a very small group while…

and military action proposed by the seventh president of the United States Andrew Jackson on removing the Native Americans (Indians) by force from their home land, which today is the state of Georgia, and move them to the West of Mississippi and Oklahoma. Edward Everett, Massachusetts politician, was against the removal act by forced and claimed: “Nations of dependent Indians, against their will, under color of law, are driven from their homes into the wilderness. You cannot explain it; you…

Daniel Holtzclaw's court case has been going on for weeks and today they finally came to a verdict. This ex-Oklahoma City police officer was charged with 36 various counts including sexual battery, stalking and more. After 45 hours, the jury finally came to a decision on December 10 and Holtzclaw was found guilty on 18 of the 36 counts. This jury obviously took their time making up their mind. Once they started trying to decide, they were not allowed to go home and took breaks only when it got…