Will Rogers
Cherokee
Humanitarian, Author, and Philosopher
Will Rogers exposed the lie of the stereotypical view of the “stoic” or humorless Indian. He reached millions of Americans with his wry social and political commentaries. Born in 1879, at Oologah, Oklahoma and raised on the family ranch, he was skillful at contest roping, becoming popular in Wild West shows and vaudeville as a trick roper. The multi-talented Rogers wrote books and newspaper columns and appeared in movies and on the radio. The three-cent stamp memorializes one of his lines that sums up his approach to life: “I never met a man I didn’t like.”
