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Oklahoma Facts
Origin of Name: From two Choctaw Indian words meaning "red people"
Nickname: Sooner State
Motto: Labor omnia vincit (Labor conquers all things)
State Symbols:
flower mistletoe (1893)
tree redbud (1937)
bird scissor-tailed flycatcher (1951)
animal bison (1972)
reptile mountain boomer lizard (1969)
stone rose rock (barite rose) (1968)
colors green and white (1915)
song “Oklahoma” (1953)
beverage milk
butterfly black swallowtail
fish white or sand bass
folk dance square dance
furbearer raccoon
game animal white-tailed deer
grass Indiangrass
insect honeybee
musical instrument fiddle
poem “Howdy Folks,” David Randolph Milsten
waltz “Oklahoma Wind”
wildflower Indian blanket
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