From Indian Territory to White Man's Country: Race, Nation, and the Politics of Land Ownership in Eastern Oklahoma, 1889-1940University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2002 - 351 pages |
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... described the conditions where they lived , complained about local officials , proposed legislation , asked for favors , and pleaded for relief . The letters contained far less of a bias towards the affluent and the educated than one ...
... described the conditions where they lived , complained about local officials , proposed legislation , asked for favors , and pleaded for relief . The letters contained far less of a bias towards the affluent and the educated than one ...
Page 37
... described political groupings at least as much as physical categories . One person that U.S. agents described as “ white , " for example , the Creeks recognized as a Shawnec , and thus a red man . Similarly , Creeks also used the term ...
... described political groupings at least as much as physical categories . One person that U.S. agents described as “ white , " for example , the Creeks recognized as a Shawnec , and thus a red man . Similarly , Creeks also used the term ...
Page 113
... described the group as " 24,000 full - blood Indian people ” in the Creek , Cherokee , Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations that don't want to take their allotments of land . " ( The group received its name from the four largest of the Five ...
... described the group as " 24,000 full - blood Indian people ” in the Creek , Cherokee , Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations that don't want to take their allotments of land . " ( The group received its name from the four largest of the Five ...
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