Article describes the efforts of the Osage Nation in the early 1900s to create their own system of allotment through the drafting of the Osage Allotment Act and subsequently carrying out its provisions. Louis F. Burns describes the way the tribe protected their territory, as well as the dangers they faced from those seeking the resources on their land.
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Article describes the efforts of the Osage Nation in the early 1900s to create their own system of allotment through the drafting of the Osage Allotment Act and subsequently carrying out its provisions. Louis F. Burns describes the way the tribe protected their territory, as well as the dangers they faced from those seeking the resources on their land.
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Abstract: By 1893 the Osage Nation found itself surrounded by intruders anxious to claim their "surplus" land. Fearing the fraud associated with the Cherokee allotment, the Osages wrote their own allotment act and gained a measure of control of the dissolution of their reserve. Louis F. Burns describes the provisions that made it unique among tribal allotments in Indian Territory.
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The Chronicles of Oklahoma
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