Land Run Mural at UCO Painted Over - Edmond, OK - News Article Locations on Waymarking.com

This mural depicting the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 has been painted over due to a recent controversy. The mural has been there for 23 years, and was on the south wall of the Communications Building (seen from the north side of Broncho Lake).

Article text:

EDMOND, Okla. – A mural that has been on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma for more than two decades is being painted over following a recent controversy.

More than 20 years ago, Dr. Bob Palmer was asked to paint a mural of the 1889 Land Run on the University of Central Oklahoma campus.

“When I first did it, I got a lot of favorable compliments about it,” Palmer said.

For two decades, the mural could be seen along the south side of UCO’s Mass Communications Building.

In 2017, a group of students began calling for the removal of the mural because it didn’t depict Native Americans.

“Like I said, it’s a candy-coated version of the Land Run. It doesn’t show any of the real things that happened. So, it’s almost erasing that history, silencing that history,” said Mickayla Fisher.

“Obviously, I’m not Native American, but I don’t know why they are just now finding offense. That’s been there forever, and that’s part of our history. So, I would say leave it up,” said Ellerie West.

Type of publication: Internet Only When was the article reported?: 11/20/2018 Publication: kfor.com/Oklahoma's News 4 Article Url: [Web Link] Is Registration Required?: no How widespread was the article reported?: local News Category: Arts/Culture

Visit Instructions:
Give the date of your visit at the news location along with a description of what you learned or experienced.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   09/19/2019 The Snowdog visited it 12/07/2018 Max and 99 visited it

View all visits/logs