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Comanche Captives: People Between Two Worlds

Description: Article illustrates the history of conflict between white and Hispanic settlers and the Comanche Indians, providing details about the Comanche practice of raiding forts and taking human captives to trade for goods. Michael Tate explores some of the literature written by survivors of captivity as well as some of the related conflicts that occured.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Tate, Michael L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy: A School for Choctaw Freedmen

Description: Article explores the history of Oak Hill Industrial Academy (also known as Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy) one of the only schools that provided education to Choctaw freedmen and other black citizens in the area of Valliant, Oklahoma. Joy McDougal Smith traces the history of the school, from its establishment to closing, and includes details about the people who taught and studied there.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Smith, McDougal Joy
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lu tsa ka Le Ah ke ho "Can't Go Beyond": Alloting the Osage Reservation, 1906-1909

Description: Article describes the efforts of the Osage Nation in the early 1900s to create their own system of allotment through the drafting of the Osage Allotment Act and subsequently carrying out its provisions. Louis F. Burns describes the way the tribe protected their territory, as well as the dangers they faced from those seeking the resources on their land.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Burns, Louis F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

There Are So Many Things Needed: Establishing the Rainy Mountain Boarding School, 1891-1900

Description: Article discusses the establishment of the Rainy Mountain Boarding School for Kiowa children on the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation and the many struggles it faced until its closing. Clyde Ellis discusses the administrative motivations behind its creation as well as some of the key figures, such as principal Cora Dunn, who kept the school running throughout hard times.
Date: Winter 1994
Creator: Ellis, Clyde
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 1994

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Berlin B. Chapman, a professor and historian who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1994. It also includes a document about the Pitchlynn family of the Choctaw tribe, and examines the accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson Pitchlynn through excerpts of correspondence.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L. & Curry, Bobby R.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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