The Five Civilized Tribes

The Five Civilized Tribes

Author: Grant Foreman

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2013-04-17

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 0806172665

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Side by side with the westward drift of white Americans in the 1830's was the forced migration of the Five Civilized Tribes from Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Both groups were deployed against the tribes of the prairies, both breaking the soil of the undeveloped hinterland. Both were striving in the years before the Civil War to found schools, churches, and towns, as well as to preserve orderly development through government and laws. In this book Grant Foreman brings to light the singular effect the westward movement of Indians had in the cultivation and settlement of the Trans-Mississippi region. It shows the Indian genius at its best and conveys the importance of the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles to the nascent culture of the plains. Their achievements between 1830 and 1860 were of vast importance in the making of America.


Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890

Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890

Author: United States. Census Office

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 1056

ISBN-13:

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Includes reports on population, housing, agriculture, education, language, employment, crime, manufacturing, commerce, geography, territories and possessions, vital statistics and life tables.


Townsite Settlement and Dispossession in the Cherokee Nation, 1866-1907

Townsite Settlement and Dispossession in the Cherokee Nation, 1866-1907

Author: Brad A. Bays

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-24

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1317732138

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In response to the influx of white settlement after the Civil War, the Cherokee nation devised a regional development plan which allowed whites to establish farms and build towns while reinforcing Cherokee tribal sovereignty over the territory. The presence of sizeable towns and numerous villages presented a legal conundrum for Congress when it legislated away Cherokee sovereignty at the turn of the century. By 1898, tens of thousands of whites owned residential and commercial properties worth millions of dollars in Cherokee Nation towns, but every lot was owned by the Cherokee people. The federal government created a program to transfer legal ownership of town lots to white occupants, but poor implementation of the program allowed individuals to subvert the law for their own gain. The author explores the subject using primary documentation of such diverse sources as traveler's reports, land records, tribal and federal correspondence, and accounts of Cherokee and white settlers. Descriptive statistics and analytical mapping of historical data provide additional facets to the analysis. Also inlcludes 50 maps. (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1996; revised with new preface, introduction, afterword) Index. Bibliography.


The 1880 Cherokee Nation Census, Indian Territory (Oklahoma)

The 1880 Cherokee Nation Census, Indian Territory (Oklahoma)

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13:

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This book is a transcription of the 1880 Cherokee Nation census, complete with census card numbers, which were added in 1900. The Dawes Commission used these census cards for tribal enrollment, and each tribe had their own census cards. Some persons may a