LaRue Parker

{{short description|Caddo tribal leader}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sundra LaRue Martin Parker | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | nickname = | office = Chairperson of the [[Caddo Nation of Oklahoma]] leader | term_start = | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = Brenda Shemayme Edwards | birth_name = | birth_date = July 21, 1935 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|5|20|1935|7|21}} | death_place = [[Anadarko, Oklahoma]] | death_cause = | resting_place = | known_for = | battles = | office2 = | party = | education = | spouse = Leonard Parker, m. 1951 | partner = | children = Six children | parents = Michael Martin, Wynema Southerland Martin | relations = | blank1 = Mother tongue | data1 = | module = | signature = | footnotes = }} '''Sundra LaRue Martin Parker''' (1935–2011) was the former Chairperson of the [[Caddo Nation of Oklahoma]]. She served as chairperson as early as 2000,<ref name=ohs>Meredith, Howard. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA003.html "Caddo (Kadohadacho)."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719220154/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA003.html |date=2010-07-19 }} ''Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.'' (retrieved 6 Sept 2009)</ref> and was re-elected over opposition candidate, Christine Smith Noah, in the July 9, 2005 election. In 2009, Park was succeeded in the position by Brenda Shemayme Edwards.<ref>[http://newsok.com/brenda-shemayme-edwards-elected-caddo-nation-chairwoman/article/3385286 Brenda Shemayme Edwards elected Caddo Nation chairwoman.] ''NewsOK''.(retrieved 13 Sept 2009)</ref>

Parker was born on 21 July 1935. Her parents were Michael and Wynema Southerland Martin.<ref name=lawton>[http://www.swoknews.com/main.asp?SectionID=11&SubSectionID=100&ArticleID=34938 "Sunda LaRue Martin Parker."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316220308/http://www.swoknews.com/main.asp?SectionID=11&SubSectionID=100&ArticleID=34938 |date=2012-03-16 }} ''Lawton Constitution.'' 21 May 2011 (retrieved 19 June 2011)</ref> Her father, Michael Martin, or Silver Moon, of [[Verden, Oklahoma]] was a prolific painter with several pieces in the Caddo Heritage Museum's permanent collection.<ref>[http://www.caddonation-nsn.gov/archives/200502.html "News Archives."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060305010509/http://www.caddonation-nsn.gov/Archives/200502.html |date=2006-03-05 }} ''Caddo Nation.'' February 2005 (retrieved 27 July 2010)</ref>

LaRue was Caddo tribal princess in 1951. On 29 December 1951, Parker married Leonard Parker, and together they had six children.<ref name=lawton/>

Parker died on 20 May 2011 in [[Anadarko, Oklahoma]].<ref name=lawton/>

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