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EDITOR’S NOTE -- I heard someone (a non –Oklahoman) ask about the Oklahoma Sooners’ mascot. The question reminded me of this column which first appeared Oct.11, 2012.

THE PONCA CITY YOUNG GUNS 8-and-under baseball team went undefeated in the Fall League and were the post-season tournament champions, finishing up the season 15 wins and no losses! Team members include

The Ponca City Public School Wildcat Football Team is scheduled to play the Bartlesville Bruins this week on Thursday, October 15, 7:00 p.m. at Bartlesville Tickets for this Thursday’s game will be first come first serve. According to Bartlesville Athletic Department, the visitor stands hold 1,200 spectators and will be reduced to half capacity. Adult tickets are $7, and Students are $5.

Saturday, Oct. 10, producer Jerry Thompson of Pathway Media was at the Standing Bear Museum holding auditions for Bright Eyes, a film based on the true story of Susette La Flesche, a well-known Native American writer, interpreter, lecturer and artist of the Omaha tribe in Nebraska. Her Omaha Indian name, Inshata Theumba, translates to “Bright Eyes.” She was a spokesperson for the Omaha and Ponca tribes, as well as being instrumental in the court case of Standing Bear v. Crook, a landmark case, the ruling of which was that Native Americans are “persons within the meaning of the law,” and citizens with certain rights under the Constitution.