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The name Oklahoma comes from the Choctaw phrase okla humma, literally meaning red people. Choctaw Chief Allen Wright suggested the name in 1866 during treaty negotiations with the federal government regarding the use of Indian Territory, in which he envisioned an all-Indian state controlled by the United States Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Equivalent to the English word Indian, okla humma was a phrase in the Choctaw language used to describe the Native American race as a whole. Oklahoma later became the de facto name for Oklahoma Territory, and it was officially approved in 1890, two years after the area was opened to white settlers.[4][14][15]
[edit] Geography
Main article: Geography of Oklahoma
The state's high plains stretch behind a greeting sign in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
Oklahoma is the 20th-largest state in the United States, covering an area of 69,898 square miles (181,035 kmē), with 68,667 square miles (177847 kmē) of land and 1,231 square miles (3,188 kmē) of water.[16] It is one of six states on the Frontier Strip, and lies partly in the Great Plains near the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states. It is bounded on the east by Arkansas and Missouri, on the north by Kansas, on the northwest by Colorado, on the far west by New Mexico, and on the south and near-west by Texas.
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