Student Donates Flag To NSU Center For Tribal Studies

TAHLEQUAH Northeastern State University sophomore Elsie Whitehorn and her parents Randall Whitehorn, of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma, and Roselynn (Begay) Whitehorn, of the Navajo Nation, presented the Otoe-Missouria tribal flag to the NSU Center for Tribal Studies to commemorate American Indian Heritage Month at a special ceremony held Wednesday, Nov. 28 at the Bacone House.

This is a great honor bestowed upon our tribe, said Randall Whitehorn. There are about 1,400 members our of tribe, which today has seven clans. Each of those clans is represented on the flag.

The Otoe Missouria Tribe is headquartered at Red Rock, Okla., 24 miles north of Stillwater, Okla. and 17 miles south of Ponca City, Okla.

The Center for Tribal Studies and NSU are honored to receive this flag, said Jan Grogan, Native American student programs coordinator. We are honored that you have donated this flag to our university.

Beginning in 2003, the Center for Tribal Studies began collecting tribal flags to represent the tribes of students, faculty and staff on campus. The Center for Tribal Studies has collected 26 different flags, which will be displayed at various campus functions, including the 36th Annual Symposium on the American Indian in April.

Based in northeastern Oklahoma, NSU maintains the highest enrollment of American Indian students among four-year public colleges across the nation.

11/30/2007

Published: 2007-11-30 00:00:00