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An Indian Territory United Nations: The Creek Council of 1845

Description: Article discusses the meetings of delegates from the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, Kickapoo, Shawnee, Caddo, Wichita, Quapaw, Osage, Kiowa, and Pawnee tribes in council to discuss the issues of Indian Territory in the nineteenth century. A. M. Gibson includes a record of the proceedings by Cherokee Agent Pierce M. Butler and edited by newspaper editor William P. Ross.
Date: Winter 1961
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Seals of the Five Civilized Tribes

Description: Article discusses the history of the seals of the five large tribes of Indian Territory: the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, the Choctaw Nation, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and the Seminole Nation. Muriel H. Wright provides context and explains the images represented in each seal individually.
Date: Autumn 1962
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 30, Number 4, Winter 1952-53

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 30, Number 4, Winter 1952-53. It includes documents about Oklahoma's "Hall of Fame" at the Oklahoma Historical Society, photostats collected by Dr. Grant Foreman and donated to the OHS, an exhibit of Crisler paintings, banking exhibits, and the publication of a paper about Wichita kinship.
Date: Winter 1952
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Kelley, E. H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Sequoyah Convention

Description: Article discusses the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention, the reason for its calling, and the results of the event being held. The purpose of the convention was to define Indian Territory as a separate state that could gain entrance to the union.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Maxwell, Amos
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Sequoyah Convention, Part II

Description: In the second part of this article about the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention, Amos Maxwell provides more details about the delegates of the tribes who attended, the proponents of the document, and the opposition to its adoption. Maxwell attests that although it was not passed, the document was evidence that a state government led by the tribes of Indian Territory was possible.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Maxwell, Amos
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Summer Normals in Indian Territory After 1898

Description: Article describes the concept of "summer normals" among the five large Nations of Indian Territory. Joe C. Jackson describes the process of instituting the normals, which were educational sessions involving teacher training, and the success of the program in the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Jackson, Joe C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Armstrongs of Indian Territory

Description: Article discusses three generations of men within the Armstrong family and their contributions to improving relations between the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes and the U.S. government.
Date: Autumn 1952
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Survey of Indian Territory, 1894-1907

Description: Article describes the work Junius B. Moore did as part of the Dawes Commission to survey the land of Indian Territory. Moore states that the purpose of the commission was to persuade the tribes to allow their land to be allotted and divided individually, so the first part of the process was to survey the land.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Moore, Junius B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

American Indian Corn Dishes

Description: Article provides an overview of the corn dishes of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, and Quapaw tribes. Muriel H. Wright includes an introduction to the background of corn dishes among the tribes and a description of the basic dish, Hominy, popular among many of them.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Health Conditions in Indian Territory, 1830 to the Civil War

Description: Article provides a historical overview of the health conditions among the five large tribes of Indian Territory from 1830 to the Civil War. Bernice Norman Crockett explores how epidemics and liquor trade impacted the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Creek tribes, and the medical help that was available via missionaries.
Date: Spring 1957
Creator: Crockett, Bernice N.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Confederate Refugees from Indian Territory

Description: Article discusses the difficulties faced by Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole refugees who left Indian Territory during the Civil War and the relief their leaders attempted to secure them as delegates to the Confederate government.
Date: Winter 1979
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H. & McMurry, William L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Light-Horse in the Indian Territory

Description: Article describes the origin of the term "light-horse" and the appearance of mounted law enforcement in the tribes of North America. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the "light-horsemen" of the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Muscogee (Creek) Nations.
Date: Spring 1956
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 1955

Description: Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 1955. It includes a letter about an overland journey from Jefferson City to Fort Gibson in 1858, a document about the memory for Mary Greenleaf, a poem by John Walter Sams about "The Ghost of Wapanucka," and a resolution in memory of Oklahoma poet Lynn Riggs.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Aligator; Shirk, George H. & Sams, John Walter
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Five Great Indian Nations

Description: Article explores the history of five major Nations that partnered with the Confederate Army during the Civil War and offers a list of American Indian military units. Jessie Randolph Moore discusses how the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Creek Nations impacted the war efforts.
Date: Autumn 1951
Creator: Moore, Jessie Randolph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Confederate Relations with the Five Civilized Tribes, Part II

Description: Article continues the discussion of treaties and alliances the Confederate States made with the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations during the Civil War. In this second part of the article, Ohland Morton discusses the Civil War skirmishes and the leadership of Stand Watie after the creation of these treaties.
Date: Autumn 1953
Creator: Morton, Ohland
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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