I think Oklahoma got overlooked in the creation story of the Sixth World.

The fundamentals of the SR tale include, of course, the return of magic, goblinization, paracritters, corps, and the rise of the native North American peoples, among other things. Now, what I never understood is this: Oklahoma has the highest population of American Indians. Flat out. Not New Mexico or the Dakotas. Oklahoma. The very word is Choctaw for "red people." There's some serious history here, and the nation's greatest number of American Indians in any single state. I see it every day, working on the tribal lands of the Otoe-Missouria.

So . . . it's always intrigued me that the original Shadowrun writers didn't stage any of the fictionalized events of the Sixth World in Oklahoma. This state hosts more pow-wows per year than anywhere else. There are more dancers, and more tribes. Oklahoma tribes have connections east to Florida and north to the Great Lakes. And talk about the background count. My friends, you haven't seen bad karma until you've spent some time at the terminus of the Trail of Tears.

It just seems like the perfect place for writers using the theme of American Indian resurgance. We have the Ute nation, the Pueblo, and all the rest, when the most logical one of all is not even mentioned.

(Now, all of this rant is terribly funny if you've ever been to Oklahoma, where we all have built-in inferiority complexes, bemoaning the fact that everyone sees us as backwoods and uncultured. We have a saying here in the Sooner state: "Thank God for Arkansas.")

All the best to everyone,

Lance

Hey, at least your state isn't partially conquered by jack-booted Japanese invaders.

Just goes to show you that when the NAN uprising occured, even the Indians didn't want Oklahoma.

Maybe they just dismantled and moved the casinos. Or maybe they realized that with their own nations, they wouldn't need to support themselves with gambling revenue, so they sold them off to private interests.

Is it ever mentioned in any of the sourcebooks what became of the various tribes' land holdings when they migrated to the newly formed states? Remember, they are the sovereign administrators of these lands, not simply the "owners" who "bought" the land from a previous holder. The could not have been legally forced to sell, only pushed out by might of arms.

The current Cherokee lands are split by the UCAS/CAS border (in fact, I think the border runs through my backyard), so that must have made for an interesting real estate deal.

The Treaty of Denver superceded all previous land claims by any of the parties involved.

Okay. I guess I'll have to hold up my end of statehood patriotism and write Target: Oklahoma.

(I can see you all clamoring to buy it; a must-have, I'm sure.)

T:AW2? Ah, not a bad idea. If/when Rob solicits for such a book, perhaps I'll do just that.

Yeah, be thankfull your town didn't get run over by bug spirits and NUKED for chrissake.

/good 'ol containment zone.

The Toronto-Hamilton area where I grew up seems to come out alright though.

More on topic ...

Almost every area of the States and Canada can be 'laid claim to' by the natives. What they eventually ended up with was the result of long negotiations and culminated in the Treaty of Denver. All previous claims to former lands by all parties were thereafter made null-and-void except where stated in this new Treaty.

They traded Oklahoma for Vegas.

But that's the thing: It didn't get left out--It was given to the Anglos.

But we also have to consider who and where the major players of the GGD war were which is basically two (unless someone can find me a more informative description)-- Howling-Coyote was a Ute who was operating out of New Mexico/Arizona, and Thunder Tyee up in Washington.

It is an oversight twice over, at least, given the opportunity to mention it in SR1 (NAGNA and NAN1&2) and SR3 (SoNA), but one I don't see being addressed simply because it'd be too much work on their part for too little product.