Snakes and Scribes: The Dawes Commission and the Enrollment of the Creeks

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Article explores the factionalism that occurred within the Creek Nation during the enrollment process of the Dawes Commission in the late nineteenth century, as well as the events surrounding the "Crazy Snake" rebellion led by Chitto Harjo.

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Carter, Kent Winter 1997.

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  • Main Title: Snakes and Scribes: The Dawes Commission and the Enrollment of the Creeks
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Article explores the factionalism that occurred within the Creek Nation during the enrollment process of the Dawes Commission in the late nineteenth century, as well as the events surrounding the "Crazy Snake" rebellion led by Chitto Harjo.

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30 p. : ill.

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Abstract: In 1893 the United States government appointed three commissioners to negotiate with the Five Civilized Tribes to bring about the allotment of their land. The so-called Dawes Commission spent more than a decade in the Creek Nation trying to develop a correct roll of members eligible for allotment. Kent Carter describes the almost impossible task facing a large bureaucracy and a resistant Indian people.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 75(4), Oklahoma Historical Society, 1997, pp. 384-413

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 75
  • Issue: 4
  • Page Start: 384
  • Page End: 413

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Carter, Kent. Snakes and Scribes: The Dawes Commission and the Enrollment of the Creeks, article, Winter 1997; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2031827/: accessed May 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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