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09/02/2026

https://greencountrymagazine.com/home/cherokee-nation-in-northeast-oklahoma-story-place-and-continuance This is some really good information regarding the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.

When we speak about the Cherokee Nation in northeast Oklahoma, we must speak in the present tense. Cherokee people are not remnants of a culture that...

08/30/2026

https://greencountrymagazine.com/home/writing-about-indigenous-folklore-without-taking-what-is-not-ours It helps to remember this when doing field work.

Writing about Indigenous folklore requires more than careful research and good intentions. It asks us to recognize that stories may be living inheritances,...

08/28/2026

A before and after photo of the moon I took this morning. The blurry, undefined picture is the original and then the edited version was made with Photoshop’s Ai generative beta software.

08/22/2026

https://greencountrymagazine.com/home/the-history-of-the-blue-whale-attraction-in-catoosa-oklahoma "Vernacular culture meets vernacular architecture"

The history of the Blue Whale of Catoosa belongs not only to tourism but also to Oklahoma folklore and vernacular culture. It is a great example of vernacular...

08/04/2026

https://greencountrymagazine.com/home/ghost-towns-of-oklahoma-picher-when-a-town-becomes-a-warning I've been to Picher within the last couple of years and it is still recovering from its past.

In the far northeastern corner of Oklahoma, near the Kansas state line, the remains of Picher stand within a landscape transformed by more than half a century...

07/22/2026

https://greencountrymagazine.com/home/the-sound-of-cicadas-as-a-summer-clock I had never thought about it this way.

Few sounds are more closely associated with summer than the rising metallic drone of cicadas. Their voices seem to emerge from the trees themselves, swelling...

07/16/2026

https://greencountrymagazine.com/home/the-differences-between-myth-legend-and-folktale-in-the-context-of-folklore-and-vernacular-culture This is interesting.

In the study of folklore and vernacular culture, the terms myth, legend, and folktale are often used together, yet they do not mean the same thing. Each form...

07/09/2026

https://greencountrymagazine.com/home/lake-legends-of-green-country-oklahoma-submerged-towns-strange-lights-missing-boats-and-the-silence-after-dark I guess this use to happen a lot?

Come with us today to explore the eerie lake legends of Green Country, Oklahoma, from submerged towns and ghostly lights on the water to missing boats, deep...