Editing Anadarko, Oklahoma (section)

===Native American significance===
[[File:So plains indian museum.jpg|thumb|left|Southern Plains Indian Museum, operated by the US [[Department of the Interior]]'s Indian Arts and Crafts Board]]

Anadarko, the self-titled "Indian Capital of the Nation."  It is the capital of the [https://wichitatribe.com/ Wichita and Affiliated Tribes], the [https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/ Delaware Nation] and the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma. The city houses the [[National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians]].

Anadarko is named after the [[Nadaco]], a Caddo band now affiliated with the [[Caddo Nation]]. In the [[Caddo language]], ''Nadá-kuh'' means "bumblebee place".<ref name=s630>Sturtevant, William C., general editor and Raymond D. Fogelson, volume editor. ''Handbook of North American Indians: Southeast''. Volume 14. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2004: 630. {{ISBN|0-16-072300-0}}.</ref>  The Caddo are a federally recognized Native American tribe for which Caddo County is named. Caddo County is part of the former [[Native American reservation|reservation]] of the Caddo, Wichita, and [[Delaware Nation]], prior to allotment in the post-Dawes [[Allotment Era]].

[[File:Redskin Theater, Anadarko, Oklahoma.JPG|thumb|upright|The Redskin Theater in Anadarko, Oklahoma. The town's population is 41% Native American.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}]]

Culturally, Anadarko is rare among [[Oklahoma]] cities as [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] form a near-majority. Locals are often familiar with a few basic [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Indian]] words, such as ''haw-nay'', [[Kiowa language|Kiowa]] for "no." [[Wichita (tribe)|Wichita]] and [[Apache]] words are sometimes employed in casual conversation as well, such as ''hangy'', ''ah-ho'', ''ebote'', and ''bocote''. Native American [[Motif (art)|motifs]] are commonly used for design, art, and other aspects of daily life.

Anadarko has a [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] office. The town is situated between the Wichita, Caddo, and Delaware reservations to the north, and the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache reservations to the south. These reservations were dismantled by the allotment of tribal lands to individual members, and the opening of the "excess" lands to settlement, in a series of land openings. The area surrounded by Anadarko was opened to settlement by a 1901 land lottery affecting the Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita and Caddo lands.

The Anadarko area is home to [[Riverside Indian School]], a [[Bureau of Indian Education]] boarding and day school for Native American students.