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Speech by Dr. Brad Agnew
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Speech about the Cherokee Nation and how they work to keep their tribal identity and protect their rights. Agnew mentions Wilma Mankiller, Patkiller and John Ross. He talks about the history of the treaties and the encroachment of white settlement. Discusses a huge earthquake near the St. Francis river valley in Arkansas. Agnew also talks about the removal of the Cherokees to Indian Territory and the warring factions. He discusses the Civil War and the aftermath for the Cherokees. Agnew talks about the Freedmen and tenant farming. Dawes Commission, Statehood, Allotments, Government of the tribes (no soverignty), John Collinder, Indian …
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The Three Rivers Museum of Muskogee was established in 1989 as the dream of local historian Dorothy Ball, who was the chairman of the Muskogee Historic Preservation Commission. The museum was created to provide a location to collect, preserve, research, interpret and exhibit artifacts that illustrate the history and heritage of the Three Rivers area of Eastern Oklahoma. The Three Rivers area includes: Muskogee, Wagoner, Cherokee, McIntosh, Okmulgee, Haskell, Southern Mayes and Western Sequoyah Counties.
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Speech about the Cherokee Nation and how they work to keep their tribal identity and protect their rights. Agnew mentions Wilma Mankiller, Patkiller and John Ross. He talks about the history of the treaties and the encroachment of white settlement. Discusses a huge earthquake near the St. Francis river valley in Arkansas. Agnew also talks about the removal of the Cherokees to Indian Territory and the warring factions. He discusses the Civil War and the aftermath for the Cherokees. Agnew talks about the Freedmen and tenant farming. Dawes Commission, Statehood, Allotments, Government of the tribes (no soverignty), John Collinder, Indian New Deal, W.W.Keeler, Cherokee National Holiday, Cherokee National Historical Society, Cherokee National Government, First Elections in 1971, Poverty, Factionalism, State and the Cherokee Nation under Wilma Mankiller