Why do you think this is important to the native american community?

Keeping tribal affiliations, heritage and culture alive in their families and communities is a priority for many American Indians. 

This is especially true in Oklahoma, where indigenous people lived long before Europeans settled and, later, displaced tribes were concentrated in the mid- to late 1800s. Contributing to the loss of language, culture and traditions was the introduction of boarding schools, which served to assimilate native children into white Americ

hancock was president of congress when the declaration of independence was adopted and signed. he is primarily remembered by americans for his large, flamboyant signature on the declaration, so much so that "john hancock" became, in the united states, an informal synonym for signature.

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