Chief Odowa Littlecreek

A Postcrosser in Virginia sent me a vintage card from Oklahoma featuring a man from Minnesota! Old tourist cards often reused stock images and this card's text reads:
"To know the OKLAHOMA INDIAN of today is not only to feel pride in his or her individual accomplishments but also to accept this history as the rich heritage of the state of Oklahoma" The card was published by Storer's Cards, located at Memorial and 11th (old Rt 66) in Tulsa which opened in 1972.

The photo is of Benjamin Jacob Odowa Littlecreek, a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. He was born in Minnesota in 1897, worked at a 3M plant during WW2 and also worked at the Itaska State Park in Minnesota probably in the 1940s & 1950s. He died in 1964 in Fargo, ND. He is featured on many tourist cards. My collection includes a smaller version of this card, published in Minnesota with more accurate information.