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The First Allotment of Lands in Severalty Among the Oklahoma Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians

Description: Article explains the author's opinions regarding the Land of Severalty Act and how he believed the law was a success. This law, otherwise known as the Dawes Act, called for American Indian lands to be allotted to individuals instead of tribes.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Meserve, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1850-1936
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Indian Removal

Description: Article details the origins of Indigenous tribes' names and their geological history before they were removed to Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Fensten, Jos J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Jane McCurtain

Description: Article chronicles the life of Jane McCurtain, the wife of a the Choctaw chief who provided legislative aid and advise to public officials.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Lewis, Anna
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, December 1933

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including John A. Wimberly, a member of the first Territorial legislature; Victor M. Locke Sr., a former Confederate solider; Joseph Green Ralls, a former attorney; and Sampson Theopilus Lane, a former Confederate solider and Methodist preacher.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Williams, R. L. & Peery, Dan W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Slavery in the Cherokee Nation

Description: Article explains how slavery was practiced within the Choctaw Nation by describing the differences between the adoption of a captured person into the tribe and making them into a servant.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Davis, J. B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Charles N. Haskell

Description: Article explains the importance of resolutions adopted by the Oklahoma Historical Society regarding the death on the first governor of the state of Oklahoma, Charles N. Haskell.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Greer County Pioneers Organize

Description: Article announces the meeting of the Old Greer County Pioneers, a group of individuals who were residing within Greer county when the boundary between Oklahoma and Texas was finalized.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Dickerson, Argus
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Indians' Friend John H. Seger: Continued from June

Description: Article continues to chronicle the life and accomplishments of John H, Seger by explaining his contributions to the running of Fort Reno and helping migrating Cheyenne tribesmen. Segar was the principal and owner of the Seger Indian Trading School where he managed the education and training of Cheyenne and Arapaho youths.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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