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Destiny Christian dominated the Chieftains Friday night 62-14. The locals will travel tonight (Thursday) to Caddo.
Read moreGraham-Dustin continued their winning ways with a 30-6 win over Olive. The Chieftains scored 20 points in the first quarter and the game was never in doubt after that.
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A powerful Keota team defeated Weleetka Friday night 60-12. At one time the Outlaws trailed by only 4, 16-12. However Keota then scored 44 straight points for the final score.
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Here's this week's Family Talk column....Setting expectations for children
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Of the Five Tribes, the Cherokees were the largest holder of Africans as chattel slaves. By 1860 the Cherokees had 4,600 slaves. Many Cherokees depended on them as a bridge to white society. Full-blood Indian slave owners relied on the blacks as English interpreters and translators. Mainly, however, slaves worked on farms as laborers or in homes as maids or servants. The Cherokees feared the aspect of a slave revolt, and that is just what happened in 1842 at Webbers Falls.
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