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Gleanings from the By-Ways of Oklahoma Folk Lore

Description: Article narrates the author's interactions with the people of Whitmire, Oklahoma. While residing in this village, he was exposed to the townspeople's local culture through songs and stories.
Date: Spring 1926
Creator: Caldwell, Mable
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Death and Burial of Major Ridge

Description: Article chronicles the day three men killed Elias Boudinot, Major Ridge, and John Ridge who were part of the "treaty party" within the Cherokees who favored signing relocation treaties. Their killers were part of the Ross party who were opposed to the tribe's relocation.
Date: Spring 1973
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Civil War Battle of Barren Creek Indian Territory, 1863

Description: Article narrates the events surrounding the Civil War Battle of Barren Creek, a small Union victory that took place in the central part of the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Spring 1970
Creator: Ramp, Lary C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Old Baptist Mission and Evan Jones

Description: Article describes the work of Evan Jones at Old Baptist Mission in Oklahoma. Evan Jones was a minister to the Cherokees who opposed Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy as well as slavery, and whose translation work led to books of the bible and his own newspaper being printed in a written version of the Cherokee language.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Mahnken, Norbert R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Simon Ralph "S.R." Walkingstick: A Cherokee Leader

Description: Article traces the life and genealogy of S. R. Walkingstick to show the ways in which one Cherokee family contributed to the tribal and state community.
Date: Summer 2018
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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