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The Russian Jew in Oklahoma: The May Brothers

Description: Article describes the history of the Jewish community in Oklahoma, with a particular interest in the the Madansky family. Due to the xenophobia that swept the nation in the 1910s and 20s, the family of entrepreneurs "Americanized" their name and became the May brothers.
Date: Winter 1975
Creator: Watters, Gary
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Chickasaw Colonization in Oklahoma

Description: Article describes the history of Chickasaw people, including the troubles they faced with loss of land in treaties with the United States government, liquor traffic, and removal west. Blue Clark provides context to their history as a warrior nation and the ways they established new communities despite being under duress.
Date: Spring 1976
Creator: Clark, Blue
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Seminole Colonization in Oklahoma

Description: Article describes the history of Seminole origins, leadership, warfare, treaties with the United States government, and complex pattern of being uprooted and transplanted through droughts and battles.
Date: Spring 1976
Creator: Welsh, Louise
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma's First Book: "Istutsi in Naktsoku"

Description: Article explores the history behind Oklahoma's First Book, Istutsi in Naktsoku, an elementary school primer in a written form of the Creek language by Reverend John Fleming. Guy Logsdon explores the process of alphabetizing the Creek language and the impact of mission work on the Osage, Cherokee, and Creek Nations.
Date: Summer 1976
Creator: Logsdon, Guy
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cherokee Colonization in Oklahoma

Description: Article describes the history of Cherokee settlement, the clashes that occurred with the United States government and other tribes, and the ways the Cherokee Nation adapted after forced migration to a new land.
Date: Spring 1976
Creator: Holm, Tom
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cherokee Post Office

Description: Article examines documents and records of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. to locate a post office named Cherokee and its place in Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1975
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Primal Fire Lingers

Description: Article discusses the history of a Natchez-Cherokee settlement, traditional practices still preserved there, and the story of the "sacred fire" still held by its people.
Date: Winter 1975
Creator: Campbell, Janet & Sam, Archie
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Choctaw Colonization in Oklahoma

Description: Article describes the history of Choctaw leadership, government, migration, and establishment of communities in Oklahoma despite the hard conditions they faced and difficult relations with the United States government.
Date: Spring 1976
Creator: Jordan, H. Glenn
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Winter 1975-76

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 24, 1975. It also includes a gift list for the second quarter of 1975 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.
Date: Winter 1975
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Notes and Documents, Winter 1975-76

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about the Council Grove marker dedication, a announcement from Oklahoma State university, an announcement about the publication of county histories, the Great Plains agricultural development symposium, the Chief John Ross Papers, and a clarification of the term "Indian medicine."
Date: Winter 1975
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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