Oklahoma officials alter language excluding Native Americans
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February 19, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma officials were forced to revise the language on a new state branding website after backlash over its exclusion of Native Americans' historical roots in the state.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars, coming from the state and private groups, were spent on the attempted rebranding of the Sooner State as a place of opportunity that best represents its heritage, history and people, Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell said.
But officials failed to recognize the ties one crucial group has to the state: Native Americans.
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