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Chief Pleasant Porter

Description: Article details the life of the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation, Pleasant Porter, and his father, John Snodgrass Porter, as the family was adopted into the tribe and worked for the community.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ahpeahtone, Kiowa - A Bit of History

Description: Article details a trip undertaken by the last chief of the Kiowa tribe, Ahpeahtone, to locate a self-proclaimed prophet during the "Messiah Craze." This prophet spoke of the return to the old times of buffalo and peace.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Methvin, J. J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Camp Napoleon

Description: Article chronicles the events that surrounded Camp Napoleon, a meeting of the Five Civilized Tribes with other Indigenous tribes to form a confederation of protection at the end of the Civil War against aggressions from the Union and the Confederacy.
Date: Winter 1931
Creator: Lewis, Anna
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Reconstruction in the Creek Nation

Description: Article chronicles the devastation caused to the Creek tribes during the Civil War and the measures the federal government took to alleviate their suffering while assimilating the citizens into the newly formed Union.
Date: Summer 1931
Creator: Ohland, Morton
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Why Educate the Indians?

Description: Article is a speech from the Secretary of War regarding why Indigenous Americans should receive an education. This speech was given at the Commencement Exercises of Bacone College.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Hurley, Patrick J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cornstalk the Shawnee

Description: Article details how Chief Cornstalk of the Shawnee tribe lead multiple rebellions against the United States as a sign of protest for how his people were treated.
Date: Spring 1931
Creator: Morrison, W. B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Government of the Creek Indians

Description: Article details the legislative events that transpired during the opening of the Oklahoma Territory. Included are notes regarding how the territorial government handled the Snake Revolution, a reprint of the Constitution of the Muskogee Nation, an outline of some politicians' platforms, and an explanation of treaties and agreements made with the Creek Indians.
Date: Summer 1930
Creator: Morton, Ohland
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Aunt Eliza of Tahlequah

Description: Article chronicles the life of Eliza Missouri Bushyhead, a prominent teacher at the Cherokee Female Seminary at Tahlequah. The article compares her life to her father's, Jesse Bushyhead, who was a missionary based in the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Spring 1931
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Choctaw Academy

Description: Article is a continuation of the author's attempts to document the establishment and history of the Choctaw Academy, a mission school dedicated to the education of American Indian youths.
Date: Winter 1931
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Chief Isparhecher

Description: Article chronicles the life of Chief Isparhecher of the Loyal Creeks, a faction of the Creek tribe who fought with the Union armies during the Civil War and were against the selling of their land to the United States federal government.
Date: Spring 1932
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Mexican Kickapoos: Part II

Description: Article continues to detail how the United States federal government dealt with an invading faction of Kickapoos who emigrated from Mexico to reside in Texas. Included are correspondences between the government officials tasked with this operation.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Buntin, Martha
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

One Hundred Years Ago in the Region of Tulsa

Description: Article reports on the conditions of the Indian Territory as told by surveyors a hundred years from the date this article was published. These surveyors were tasked with determining whether the region was fit enough to relocate the Creek tribes to after their removal from the east.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Gardner, James H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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