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Humanitarian Rhetoric and Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy

Description: Article discusses the rhetoric used by Andrew Jackson during his time as United States president in his support of the removal of the Five Tribes from the southeastern United States. Henry E. Fritz argues that Jackson's rhetoric reveals he was an ethnocentric nationalist who also felt he had a moral obligation to the Tribes, despite the fact that their well-being was not his foremost concern.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Fritz, Henry E.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Major Andrew Drumm: Cowman, Businessman, and Visionary

Description: Article describes the upbringing, travels, and successes of Andrew Drumm, the founder and owner of the U Ranch in the Cherokee Outlet. He pursued various interests in the mining, cattle, and banking industries, while also practicing philanthropy in his creation of the Drumm Institute for orphaned youths and donating to World War I emergency and medical funds.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Haas, Bonnie & Bender, Joyce J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cherokee Treaty Party Moves West: The Bell-Deas Overland Journey, 1838-1839

Description: Article discusses Cherokee response to the removal treaties in the form of the main anti-treaty faction led by John Ross and a minority party lead by John Adair Bell in support of the treaty. Wayne Dell Gibson reconstructs the westward journey of the latter group using records created by their accompanying military officer, Lt. Edward Deas.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Gibson, Wayne Dell
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

History Underfoot: The Search for Physical Evidence of the 1868 Attack on Black Kettle's Village

Description: Article chronicles the four-pronged attack on Cheyenne Peace Chief Black Kettle's village on the Washita River in 1868 that would later become the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site. William B. Lees, Douglas D. Scott, and C. Vance Haynes provide further evidence from surveys conducted at the scene to interpret the event in the form of archaeological/geological findings and recovered artifacts.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Lees, William B.; Scott, Douglas D. & Haynes, C. Vance
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Creek Draft Rebellion of 1918: Wartime Hysteria and Indian-Baiting in WWI Oklahoma

Description: Article depicts the events following the "Creek Draft Rebellion of 1918" and subsequent long and costly investigation into the leader of the demonstration, Ellen Perryman. Thomas A. Britten demonstrates the public hysteria perpetrated by the press and stereotypical negative image of Native Americans that was present in WWI Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Britten, Thomas A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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