Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This panel discussion is part of “Perspectives in History,” the 2022 Oklahoma History Symposium. The story of Tulsa often features oilfield discoveries, railroad booms, and rags-to-riches oilmen. The main event in the story is the city's ascendancy to “The Oil Capital of the World” in the 1920s. Prestigious museums, art deco buildings, and the Golden Driller stand as a testament to this narrative. In this panel discussion, representatives from Philbrook Museum of Art will join The Lucinda Hickory Research Institute to discuss their mission to preserve the names and events left out of that narrative.
Many Mvskoke landowners were betrayed and swindled as Tulsa became the financial center of the nation’s largest oil patch. Their names are rarely commemorated in public institutions, parks, or cultural centers. Yet their lives were well documented in real estate transactions, newspapers, and oral histories. In the spirit of truth and healing, Philbrook Museum of Art and The Lucinda Hickory Research Institute will discuss their ongoing research into the stories of a handful of the original allottees.
From the Lucinda Hickory Research Institute (LHRI)
Tatianna Duncan, LHRI founder and executive director
Russell Cobb, University of Alberta, LHRI vice-chair, author
DeAnalisa Jones, LHRI secretary and treasurer, MD/PhD candidate, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
From the Philbrook Museum of Art
Christina Burke, curator of Native American Art
Susan Green, Marcia Manhart Endowed Associate Curator for Contemporary Art & Design
This panel discussion is part of “Perspectives in History,” the 2022 Oklahoma History Symposium. The story of Tulsa often features oilfield discoveries, railroad booms, and rags-to-riches oilmen. The main event in the story is the city's ascendancy to “The Oil Capital of the World” in the 1920s. Prestigious museums, art deco buildings, and the Golden Driller stand as a testament to this narrative. In this panel discussion, representatives from Philbrook Museum of Art will join The Lucinda Hickory Research Institute to discuss their mission to preserve the names and events left out of that narrative.
Many Mvskoke landowners were betrayed and swindled as Tulsa became the financial center of the nation’s largest oil patch. Their names are rarely commemorated in public institutions, parks, or cultural centers. Yet their lives were well documented in real estate transactions, newspapers, and oral histories. In the spirit of truth and healing, Philbrook Museum of Art and The Lucinda Hickory Research Institute will discuss their ongoing research into the stories of a handful of the original allottees.
From the Lucinda Hickory Research Institute (LHRI)
Tatianna Duncan, LHRI founder and executive director
Russell Cobb, University of Alberta, LHRI vice-chair, author
DeAnalisa Jones, LHRI secretary and treasurer, MD/PhD candidate, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
From the Philbrook Museum of Art
Christina Burke, curator of Native American Art
Susan Green, Marcia Manhart Endowed Associate Curator for Contemporary Art & Design
