Osage and Oilmen II Course set for Afternoons

Independence Community College is pleased to offer a follow-up course to Osages and Oilmen, the study of regional literature in the Southeast Kansas, Northeast Oklahoma area.
Osages and Oilmen, Part II, offers a chance to examine two literary works by authors John Joseph Mathews, Osage from Pawhuska, OK, and Michael Wallis, awarding winning, Pulitzer nominated, writer from Tulsa, OK. The class will first read Talking to the Moon, a series of essays by Mathews talking about what each of our months (moons) meant to the Osage people. It has been compared to Thoreau’s Walden.
The class will conclude with the Wallis tale of Ponca City’s 101 Ranch. Titled The Real Wild West, the book chronicles how the western experience became merged with our movies and how this ranch helped create the uniquely American sport of Rodeo. Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa recently acquired the world’s largest collection of 101 Ranch artifacts after winning a bidding exchange with Woolroc and may be a field trip destination for the class.
The class will meet on Monday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. until around 4:00 p.m. in room W106 in the new ICC West facility located at 2615 West Main Street, in Independence. Students may enroll during the first class which will be held Monday January 10th. Students who wish to take advantage of ICC’s free tuition should present a copy of their paid property tax statement, but will be responsible for ICC student fees.
The instructor, Marsha Hayes, is an Assistant Professor of Communication at ICC and welcomes inquiries from all interested prospective students. She can be reached at 620-332-5426 or mhayes@indycc.edu.