Anadarko (Oklahoma)
Caddo County
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Anadarko is a city in Caddo County, Oklahoma in the United States. Anadarko has 6,645 inhabitants (2000) and is the capital of Caddo County. It is the only city in Oklahoma, the Indians represent almost the majority.
Anadarko is also sometimes called Dodge, in reference to Dodge City in Kansas, because of his reputation as a dangerous place. Also, the city name is often abbreviated to Darko.
Population
According to the U.S. census of 2000, Anadarko had 6,645 inhabitants in 2,387 households and 1,656 families. The population density was 361.9 / km ². There were 2,767 buildings with an average density of 150.7/km ². After races, the population consisted of 41.37 % White, 6.23 % African American, 41.26 % Indians ( Native Americans ), 0.24 % Asian, 0.03 % Pacific Islander, 3.07% other races, and 7.80 % descendants of two or more races. 9.15% were Hispanics or Latinos regardless of their race.
There were 2,387 households, 36.3 % of which were living in children under 18 years, 43.6 % were married couples living together, 20.2 % were headed solely by women and 30.6 % were non-families. 27.1 % of households consisted of single persons and 13.6 % of single people 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size is 3.32 people.
The composition by age comprised 32.6 % under 18, 9.3 % from 18 to 24, 25.8 % 25-44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.5 % were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females 87.9 males. For every 100 females 18 or older 81.3 males.
The median income for a household in the 24 035 U.S. dollars and a family is $ 27,633. Males have a median income of $ 26,063 compared with $ 17,666 for women. The per capita income in the city was $ 12,062. 23.3 % of families and 28.5 % of the population of those 65 years or older below the poverty line, including 38.8 % of those under 18 and 18.5 %.
Importance for the Indian population
Anadarko calls itself the " Indian Capital of the Nation", home to the annual American Indian exhibition and together with Bartlesville the capital of the Lenape tribe.
Anadarko is named after the Nadaco, a subgroup of the Caddo. " Nadako " means, in the language of the Caddo a place with bumble bees. The Caddo are a state- recognized tribe, after whom the Caddo County is named. This was before the distribution of land in the wake of the Dawes Act, part of the Caddo / Wichita / Western Delaware (or " Absentee Delaware " ) Indian Reservation.
Approximately 4 km southeast of Anadarko is the Indian City USA Open-air Museum.
The inhabitants are generally familiar with some basic Indian expressions like " haw - nay", a Kiowa word for "no." Wichita and Apache words are often used in everyday life such as " ninit, wee, hangy dawg, stink guy ." Native American motifs are found in many places in the city.
In Anadarko is the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The city lies between the reserves of the Wichita, Caddo, and Delaware to the north and the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache in the south. These reserves, as well as the Osage reservations in northeastern Oklahoma, were destroyed in a series of distribution of land in 1900. The area around Anadarko was released in 1901 as part of a land lottery, which included the home of the Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita and Caddo, for colonization.
Anadarko is the seat of Riverside Indian School, a day school for Native American students.
Well-known residents
- Gene Tracy ( comedian )
- Cozad Singers ( Indian percussion group)
- Jim Thompson ( writer )
- Black Bear Bosin ( Indian artist)
- Cal McLish (baseball player)
Building
The Perry - TV Tower is the tallest building in Oklahoma.