Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver arrived early with a box marked ‘Top Secret’. The receptionist noticed it and announced over the intercom: ‘Attention everyone—we have something very special today!’ Since then, nobody’s quite sure what’s been happening behind those closed doors. Word quickly spread around town that if you visited on Wednesdays, you might get a free cupcake from the mysterious package. Soon enough, everyone in Tulsa was stopping by for their weekly treat—and no one ever asked any questions anymore.

2. In the late afternoon, a regular walked into the clinic’s waiting room and noticed something unusual on the reception desk—a small, unmarked envelope addressed simply to ‘The Doctor.’ Curious, he opened it and found inside a single piece of paper with just one word scribbled in pencil: ‘Lunch.’ Turned out the doctor had forgotten to eat again and left a note for himself. The regular laughed and decided to stay longer—maybe someone else would leave another funny message.

3. A little girl visited her grandmother in the clinic's waiting room. As she played with her toy, she suddenly giggled and pointed at something on the wall. 'Grandma,' she whispered, 'why does that poster look like it's winking at me?' Grandma leaned over and smiled, ‘Honey, it’s just an old picture of Chief Black Eagle.’ The girl nodded thoughtfully, then asked, ‘So why does he always seem to be smiling at me?’

4. In the middle of the night, a delivery driver parked his truck outside the clinic and noticed something unusual on the backseat—a small, dusty teddy bear wearing a hospital badge. Curious, he picked it up and saw that the tag read ‘Dr. Smith’. The next morning, everyone in the neighborhood was talking about how Dr. Smith had mysteriously left his teddy bear behind. It turned out to be just another day at the clinic—someone’s stuffed companion had accidentally tagged along for an evening shift.