Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 76, Number 1, Spring 1998
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Occupying the Middle Ground: African Creeks in the First Indian Home Guard, 1862-1865 (Article)
Article explores the participation of the first African Americans to join the federal army in the Civil War, the First Indian Home Guard. This regiment was a tri-racial unit in which free blacks and former slaves served many roles, including the role of translator for Creek and Seminole soldiers.
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For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 76, Number 1, Spring 1998 (Article)
For the Record section for Volume 76, Number 1, Spring 1998. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 22, 1997.
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Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 76, Number 1, Spring 1998 (Article)
Notes and Documents section for Volume 76, Number 1, Spring 1998. It includes a document honoring Stan Hoig, who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 76, Number 1, Spring 1998, periodical, Spring 1998; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1725773/: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.