Native -- if you want to see how little the early Oklahomans trusted the government or Corporations, just read the Oklahoma Constitution. It's probably one of, if not the most "power to the people" state Constitutions out there. For example, it requires a popular vote to approve every tax hike (which is why our taxes are so low). It set up the Corporation Commission, which was supposed to keep big monopolistic utility providers from overcharging the people (they didn't foresee that a big company like Chesepeake might come along the pike and start offering excellent jobs to the more compliant commissioners though).

-- at any rate, it's good stuff.

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