Seal of Oklahoma
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Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma
The Great Seal of Oklahoma is a five-pointed star in a circle. The center of the star contains the Seal of the Territory of Oklahoma. The five rays hold the seals of the Five Civilized Tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole.[1] Around the large star are 45 smaller stars, representing the 45 U.S. states that existed prior to Oklahoma's statehood.[1]
The seal was adopted by the 1905 constitutional convention of the proposed state of Sequoyah.[2] Sequoyah, named for the inventor of the Cherokee syllabary, was a bid for statehood by Indian Territory, which comprised the eastern half of present-day Oklahoma.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Oklahoma State Seal. Oklahoma Secretary of State website. Retrieved on 2006-09-30.
- ^ Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 9, No. 2. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
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