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Easing back into the
DANCE ARENA Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton // Tulsa World Magazine
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ED ROCK — After an extra year apart, Donnie Childs is ready to welcome people back into the arena this July. Childs is the chairman of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe’s Encampment Committee, which plans the north-central Oklahoma tribe’s four-day gathering
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off U.S. 177 between Stillwater and Ponca City. Dating to 1881, the annual encampment has expanded beyond Otoe-Missouria tribal members and their families to include vendors and visitors from across the country. The 2020 edition was initially postponed because of COVID-19 and then eventually
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