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Nighthawk Society

Description: Photograph of the Nighthawk Society, near Gore, OK.L to R: seated: Peter Nix, Osie Hogshooter, and Tom Horn; Standing: Steve Sand, Jim Alex, Charley Scott, Bluford Sixkiller, Redbird Smith, William Rogers, Jim Hogshooter, Sam Lacy, Steve Cary, September 12, 1917.
Date: September 12, 1917
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dwight Mission

Description: Article chronicles the difficulties faced by the Dwight Mission, a Methodist mission that served members of the Cherokee tribe, before and after the Civil War,
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Finney, Alfred & Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Letters of Cassandra Sawyer Lockwood: Dwight Mission, 1834

Description: Article introduces a series of letters by Cassandra Sawyer Lockwood about her journey into the Cherokee Nation and her life at Dwight Mission, where she lived and worked with her husband, Jesse Lockwood. Joseph B. Thoburn provides historical context to the group of Western Cherokees they worked with and to the personal account written by Mrs. Lockwood.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B. & Lockwood, Cassandra Sawyer
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0274.0605]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A restoration of the first tribal capitol established in Oklahoma by Cherokee Indians sits near the banks of the Arkansas River on SH 10 east of Gore."
Date: October 1, 1981
Creator: Beuhner, Jeff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Nighthawk Society

Description: Photograph of the Nighthawk Society, near Gore, OK. Keetoowah display wampum belts before a stomp dance. Lucie, Mrs. Redbird Smith, is the fifth woman from the left, and Strike Smith is the stickball player standing second from the right, c. 1917.
Date: 1917~
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Creek Treaty of 1866

Description: Article narrates the events that transpired at the signing of The Creek Treaty in 1866. Outlined within the treaty were provisions for land allotment within the Creek Nation and establishing federal courts within the territory. The treaty was signed shortly after the end of the Civil War.
Date: Summer 1970
Creator: Balman, Gail
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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