Museum of the Red River Web Site, Native American Artifacts & Art Idabel, Oklahoma http://www.museumoftheredriver.org./ Some of the finest examples of American Indian art and artifacts are found at the Museum of the Red River. Housing over 20,000 objects in its collections, the Museum sponsors exhibits, lectures, and other programs, and supports ongoing research efforts in the study of American native peoples. In its early years, the Museum's primary focus was the "Caddoan Archaeological Zone" ( * southeastern Oklahoma, * northeastern Texas, and * southwestern Arkansas). Excavations in cooperation with state and federal agencies recovered artifacts associated with Caddoan Indian groups, who were active in the area from about 900-1700. Other sites dating from 10,000 years ago to historic times were also discovered and tested. Some of the more recent ones included homes associated with the Choctaw Indians, who were moved into Oklahoma from their Mississippi homelands in the 1830s. They remain the dominant native group in the area today. While the Museum no longer conducts archaeological fieldwork, it does continue to support the efforts of other organizations and independent scholars by providing in-kind services, financial support, and a publications program. The collections of the Museum include the archaeological holdings plus ethnographic works and contemporary native arts and crafts from throughout the Americas. Particular strengths include material from north American Southwest, Plains, and Southeastern groups, as well as important holdings of Precolumbian (before 1492) objects from Middle and South America. The Museum of the Red River is operated by the Herron Foundation, a non-profit Oklahoma corporation, chartered in 1974, and considered a department of the City of Idabel. The membership and support organization for the Museum is the separately incorporated Idabel Museum Society. Annual and special gifts are received from individuals, corporations and foundations. Museum Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00am to 5:00pm Sunday: 11:00am to 4:00pm <A HREF="http://www.museumoftheredriver.org./">Museum of The Red River: Native American Artifacts & Art</A>