April 16, 1924
The Pawhuska Daily Journal
Microfilm Roll: MN00341
On this day in Osage country, an article was posted in The Pawhuska Daily Journal describing an upcoming Indian pageant. The Indian pageant, sponsored by the Ponca City Chamber of Commerce, was scheduled to take place on May 19 in Ponca City, and “braves” from tribes across the state of Oklahoma were to partake in the event.
The pageant was to occur at the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch where visitors would be able to experience the ways of traditional American Indian life. Visitors were to witness the men from the different tribes dressed in full regalia as they enacted traditional games and practices. The 101 Ranch rodeo was also set to occur beginning May 17 and was planned to close the event on May 19. The article describes the rodeo as one brought on by “the intrepid knights of the saddle and lariat.”
Special guests, over three hundred members from the National Editorial Association, were expected to attend the event as a part of their week long rest stop in Oklahoma, from their voyage to Mexico City. The activities planned for the editors included a stop at the Marland Gardens Golf Course and Game Preserve prior to attending the pageant. Upon their arrival to the pageant they were to be greeted with a buffalo barbeque. After lunch, the special guests would then be rallied on to the closing events of the rodeo. Before their departure, a special dinner followed by a dance was planned for the editors.
Morgan M. Guzman
“Indian Tribes to be Represented.” The Pawhuska Daily Journal. April 16, 1924, p. 8. Microfilm roll number MN00341. Sequoyah National Research Center, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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