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Founding Chairperson from 1952, Logan Billingsley, told the Orlando Sentinel in 1960, "It's time we stopped painting eerie pictures of the Indian in our school history books. Historians should write more truth about the American Indian and give more credit to some who were great Americans."
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American Indians inducted into the Hall have included figures nationally known who never lived in Indian Territory, as well as those associated with Oklahoma during their lives. Among the American Indians inducted into the Hall have been
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busts mounted outdoors. The Hall of Fame, which has free admission and is staffed by volunteers, features busts of 41 Native Americans from various tribes to honor their contributions and place in
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Four women, spanning colonial, 19th-century and contemporary times, were also inducted:
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Other figures include war chiefs from the Indian wars:
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American Indian Hall of Fame
National Native American Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
Anadarko, Oklahoma
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John Ross
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