Native American Newspapers

These Oklahoma newspapers were published by and for Native American communities. The collection includes different titles serving various tribes within Oklahoma's Indian territories.

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5,194
Items
1
Type
29
Titles
1
Partner
10
Decades
3
Languages
14
Counties
1
State
1
Country
299,258
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Collection Created
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The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 24, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 9, 1900
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 24, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 31, 1900
Cherokee Orphan Asylum Press. (Cherokee Orphan Asylum, Cherokee Nation), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 14, 1880
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 30, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 3, 1906
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 30, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 24, 1906
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 30, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 17, 1906
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 29, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 10, 1906
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 29, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 3, 1906
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 29, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1906
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 29, No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1906
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 29, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 13, 1906
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 29, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 23, 1905

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Native American Newspapers in The Gateway to Oklahoma History. Oklahoma Historical Society. https://gateway.okhistory.org/explore/collections/NATIVE/ accessed June 9, 2023.

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Partner

Oklahoma Historical Society
5,194

Resource Type

Newspaper
5,194

Languages

English
5,194
Cherokee
909
Choctaw
2

Decades

1940-1949
1
1930-1939
2
1920-1929
7
1910-1919
101
1900-1909
2,508
1890-1899
1,393
1880-1889
937
1870-1879
234
1850-1859
5
1840-1849
6

Countries

United States
5,194

States

Oklahoma
5,194

Counties (expand list)

Craig County, OK
2,965
Cherokee County, OK
1,717
Muskogee County, OK
136
Pottawatomie County, OK
135
Canadian County, OK
134
Osage County, OK
57
Pittsburg County, OK
26
Carter County, OK
12
Atoka County, OK
3
Mayes County, OK
3
Creek County, OK
2
Ottawa County, OK
2
Choctaw County, OK
1
McCurtain County, OK
1

Titles

The Daily Chieftain
1,294
Indian Chieftain
1,039
Cherokee Advocate
895
The Tahlequah Arrow
527
The Vinita Daily Chieftain
334
The Vinita Weekly Chieftain
269
Our Brother in Red
174
The Indian Advocate
135
Cheyenne Transporter
134
Indian Sentinel
121
Cherokee Telephone
100
The Osage Journal
57
The Telephone
44
Indian Arrow
31
The Tahlequah Telephone
11
The Arrow-Telephone
4
The Weekly Capital
4
Cherokee Orphan Asylum Press
3
Tahlequah Courier
3
The Branding Iron
3
The Indian Revealer
3
The Sequoyah Memorial
2
The Tahlequah Leader
2
A Wreath of Cherokee Rose Buds
1
C. W. Kirk Collection
1
Cherokee Rose Buds
1
Halaquah Times
1
Millerton Progress-News
1
The Choctaw Intelligencer
1

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