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'''Southern Plains Indian Museum''' is a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] museum located in [[Anadarko, Oklahoma]]. It was opened in 1948 under a cooperative governing effort by the [[United States Department of the Interior]] and the Oklahoma state government. The museum features cultural and artistic works from Oklahoma tribal peoples of the [[Southern Plains]] region, including the [[Caddo]], [[Fort Sill Apache Tribe|Chiricahua Apache]], [[Comanche]], [[Delaware Nation]], [[Kiowa]], [[Plains Apache]], [[Arapaho|Southern Arapaho]], [[Cheyenne|Southern Cheyenne]], and [[Wichita people|Wichita]].

==History==
Under a federal cooperative program begun in 1947 between the [[Government of Oklahoma]] and the [[United States Department of the Interior]], plans were made to create a museum in Anadarko, Oklahoma, to present works by the tribal members of the Southern Plains who lived in Oklahoma.{{sfn|U.S. Department of the Interior|2016a}} Costing $50,000, the museum officially opened on December 2, 1948.{{sfn|''The Miami Daily News-Record''|1948|p=14}} The museum houses a large permanent collection of both contemporary and historic cultural works of the Southern Plains tribes of Western Oklahoma including clothing, dance regalia, cultural items, jewelry, household objects, and weaponry.{{sfn|U.S. Department of the Interior|2016a}}{{sfn|''The Daily Oklahoman''|1977|p=156}} Also featured are artworks from Indigenous artists affiliated with the [[Great Plains]] region, including tribal people of the [[Caddo]], [[Fort Sill Apache Tribe|Chiricahua Apache]], [[Comanche]], [[Delaware Nation]], [[Kiowa]], [[Plains Apache]], [[Arapaho|Southern Arapaho]], [[Cheyenne|Southern Cheyenne]], and [[Wichita people|Wichita]].{{sfn|''The Daily Oklahoman''|1977|p=156}} The museum notably showcases dioramas painted by [[Allan Houser]] (Chiricahua Apache, 1914–1994) and has many original paintings by [[T. C. Cannon]] (Kiowa/Caddo, 1946–1978) in its permanent collection.

In 1977, the [[Indian Arts and Crafts Board]] completed an extensive renovation of the museum, allowing more space for the permanent collection and traveling exhibits from other tribal people from throughout the United States. That same year, the museum launched a partnership with Oklahoma schools to offer free educational tours for groups of students wishing to study Plains cultures.{{sfn|''The Daily Oklahoman''|1977|p=156}} Another major renovation was completed in 2001, to add the '''Rosemary Ellison Gallery''' to the museum space at a cost of $1 million. Featured in the permanent collection of the museum are works by [[Blackbear Bosin]] (Comanche/Kiowa), [[T.C. Cannon]] (Kiowa/Caddo), [[Mildred Cleghorn]] (Fort Sill Apache), [[Amanda Crowe]] (Eastern Cherokee),{{sfn|U.S. Department of the Interior|2016b}} [[Sharron Ahtone Harjo]] (Kiowa),{{sfn|Pearce|2013|p=14}} [[Jack Hokeah]] (Kiowa),{{sfn|Marquette University|2006}} [[Allan Houser]] (Apache), [[Solomon McCombs]] ([[Muscogee|Muscogee (Creek)]]),{{sfn|U.S. Department of the Interior|2016b}} [[Stephen Mopope]] (Kiowa),{{sfn|Marquette University|2006}} [[Georgeann Robinson]] ([[Osage Nation|Osage]]),{{sfn|Congdon|Hallmark|2012|p=534}} Mary Tiger ([[Seminole]]),{{sfn|U.S. Department of the Interior|2016b}} [[Dick West]] (Southern Cheyenne),{{sfn|Jones|2015}} and [[David E. Williams]] (Kiowa/[[Tonkawa]]/Plains Apache),{{sfn|Fite|2013}} among others.{{sfn|U.S. Department of the Interior|2016b}}

In 2006, the US federal government slated the museum, along with the [[Museum of the Plains Indian]] in [[Browning, Montana]] and the [[Sioux Indian Museum]] in [[Rapid City, South Dakota]] for closure.{{sfn|The Daily Inter Lake|2006|p=3}}{{sfn|Coppernoll|2006|pp=A13, A18}} Concerned with fighting counterfeiting and misappropriation of Native heritage, the government planned to divert funding for the museums toward fraud prevention, under the [[American Indian Arts and Crafts Act]]. The [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush Administration]] eventually scrapped the plan to close the museums and instead increased the funding to continue operating the museums.{{sfn|The Daily Inter Lake|2006|p=1}} Adjacent to the museum is a ten-acre park which houses the [[National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians]], depicting sculptural busts of noted Native American figures.{{sfn|''The Honolulu Advertiser''|1952|p=3}}

== Hours == 
The museum is open from Tuesdays through Fridays, 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<ref>{{cite web |title=Southern Plains Indian Museum |url=https://www.doi.gov/iacb/southern-plains-indian-location |website=US Department of the Interior |date=November 4, 2015 |access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref>

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