Craterville Park Indian Fair (1924–33), held near Cache, Oklahoma, was a short-lived extravaganza conceived by Frank Rush, the retired manager of the Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve. By an agreement with a coalition of Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa Indians, the event's avowed purpose was "to create self confidence and to encourage leadership by the Indian." The fair featured American Indian crafts, agricultural exhibits, foot races, horse races, archery competitions, and dances, as well as reenactments of Indian attacks on white settlers. The spectacle drew large crowds until 1933, but Rush's death preceded the event that year, and attendance precipitously dropped.[per The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture]

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