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Jun 22, 2015 · "Amy Ware’s exciting new treatment of Will Rogers puts the ‘Cherokee’ back into the ‘Cherokee Kid,’ demonstrating the ways that Roger’s deep influence on American culture emerged from a tribal context that carried across his entire career.
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Dec 18, 2010 · Will Rogers – Cherokee Kid. William Penn Adair Rogers was born to Clement “Clem” Vann Rogers and Mary America Schrimsher on November 4, 1879 in Cooweescoowee District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (near Oolagah). Will was the youngest of eight children and grew up in a happy home on his family’s ranch until 1890 when his mother died.
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Will Rogers. William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma ), and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". [2] As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled ...
Dec 1, 2016 · The engaging goal of The Cherokee Kid is to raise awareness of Indian life and history during the early twentieth century by examining how Will Rogers used his Cherokee heritage to shape his roles as a performer. Rogers was a highly successful entertainer across a wide selection of venues. He was a rodeo cowboy and performed in Wild West shows.
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Jul 22, 2015 · Buy The Cherokee Kid: Will Rogers, Tribal Identity, and the Making of an American Icon (CultureAmerica): Read Books Reviews - Amazon.com
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Aug 5, 2020 · Will Rogers Was One of a Kind. ... Part Cherokee, Rogers was born in 1879 on his father’s sprawling 60,000-acre ranch, ... he developed an on-stage persona as the Cherokee Kid.
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Oct 3, 2016 · Yet mention Rogers’s Cherokee heritage and the reaction is often one of surprise or even disbelief. Quite the contrary, says author Amy M. Ware, Rogers was truly connected to his Indian background and made his Cherokee heritage a fundamental part of American popular culture.
