[3] According to its commemorative plaque, it is meant to "[pay] tribute to the courageous settlers who on April 22, 1889" as well as "present day pioneers who, through their untiring dedication to this project, have immortalized a defining moment in [Oklahoma]’s epic creation".

[3] On July 11, 2020, the local Society to Protect Indigenous Rights and Treaties (SPIRIT) held a sit-in at the land run monument.

Like many others, she described a 1st-grade experience of being forced to participate in a land-run reenactment that involved planting a flag on lands to claim it, and stating that even as a child she was aware that the activity "wasn't right".

One recommended the addition of "a space with Native art that celebrates our past, present, and future" with "QR codes that provide more historical context of the removal treaties", while still expressing a preference for Moore's monument to be taken down.

[8] However, overall, SPIRIT "[envisions] a process that would involve Indigenous historians, authors and artists collaborating on a new public monument that would add to the story already being told, not eliminate or replace it" (i.e., a form of cultural counterspeech).