The Oklahoma Department of Transportation will remove all tribal boundary signs and replace them with new ones, that all look the same.
News On 6 By: News On 6, Chloe Abbott
September 8th 2024
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation will remove all tribal boundary signs and replace them with new ones, that all look the same.
However several nations told ODOT they are not happy with this new policy.
The goal is to create consistency for travelers according to ODOT. Now all signs will be brown, and rectangular, and the word reservation will be removed.
ODOT says Osage Nation and Muscogee Nation had some issues with the new signs. There is worry that uniform signs won't show that each tribe is unique and a concern the color brown represents historic sites and not current entities. ODOT says under national standards brown means cultural interest and they believe that's the best fit for a sign that declares tribal boundaries.
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