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Thrice Purchased: Acquisition and Allotment of the Citizen Potawatomi Reservation

Description: Article explores the arrival of the Potawatomi in central Oklahoma after being pushed out of their communally held Kansas reserve and into the Indian Territory, the acquisition of a new reservation, and the means used to force them to own land as individuals.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Kraft, Lisa
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Unfinished Choctaw Justice: The Murder of Charles Wilson and the Execution of Jackson Crow

Description: Article relates the events surrounding the arrest, trial, and acquittal of Charles Wilson's political rival, Robert Benton, in Choctaw court after Wilson was murdered in August 1884. Jackson Crow, a non-Choctaw also accused of the crime, was convicted in federal court and executed in 1888.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Mihesuah, Devon A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

From Termination to Self-Determination: Indian Health in Oklahoma, 1954-1980, Part 2

Description: The second part of this two-part article continues the evaluation of the problems in Indian healthcare and the campaign led by Senators Fred Harris and Dewey Bartlett to correct a record of neglect. The healthcare problem after 1970 was linked to a new federal policy of tribal self-determination.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma's Air Ace: William T. Ponder and World War I

Description: This article chronicles William T. Ponder's training and testing in battle against the backdrop of World War I aviation history. Ponder served with the French Aviation Service as part of the Lafayette Flying Corps and the U.S. Air Service where he became Oklahoma's first aviation war hero.
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Moore, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 86, Number 3, Fall 2008

Description: For the Record section for Volume 86, Number 3, Fall 2008. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting that was held on April 16, 2008, as well as the minutes from the annual meeting of the membership held on April 17, 2008.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 86, Number 1, Spring 2008

Description: For the Record section for Volume 86, Number 1, Spring 2008. It includes the minutes from the regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 24, 2007.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 86, Number 2, Summer 2008

Description: For the Record section for Volume 86, Number 2, Summer 2008. It includes the minutes from the regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 23, 2008.
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 86, Number 4, Winter 2008-09

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 86, Number 4, Winter 2008-09. It includes the article "The Meta Chestnutt Sager Collection," which highlights the Meta Chestnutt Collection held by the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division that contains documents and items from the life of Meta Chestnutt Sager, who participated in the 1889 land run and then established El Meta Bond College in Silver City. It also includes "Lincoln's Legacy in Oklahoma" which celebrates the legacy of Abraham Lincol… more
Date: Winter 2008
Creator: Wilson, Linda D.; Sias, Richard & Blackburn, Bob L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 86, Number 2, Summer 2008

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 86, Number 2, Summer 2008. It includes an article honoring the individuals who were inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2008. The honorees included in this issue are Lawrence Hart and Bob Klemme. The other two honorees, Danney G. Goble and Odie B. Faulk, appeared in the Spring 2008 issue.
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Wilson, Linda D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 86, Number 3, Fall 2008

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 86,Number 3, Fall 2008. It includes "The Busby Theatre," an article detailing the history of the Busby Theatre in McAlester, Oklahoma, including a short biographical sketch of Colonel William "Bill" Busby, the person the theatre was named after.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Shuller, Thurman
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 86, Number 1, Spring 2008

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 86, Number 1, Spring 2008. It includes an article honoring the individuals who were inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2008. The honorees included in this issue are Danney G. Goble and Odie B. Faulk. The other two honorees, Lawrence Hart and Bob Klemme, appear in the Summer 2008 issue.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Wilson, Linda D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 86, Number 4, Winter 2008-09

Description: For the Record section for Volume 86, Number 4, Winter 2008-09. It includes the minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 23, 2008.
Date: Winter 2008
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

William Meredith Cunningham: An Oklahoma Proletariat Novelist

Description: Article presents a biography of William Cunnigham and reveals the ways in which his novels, poetry, and other writings championed the industrial-agricultural working class of his native state of Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: O'Dell, Larry
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Broken Thread: The Choctaw Spinning Association, 1937-1943

Description: This article details the process of reinstituting the art of spinning wool among the Choctaw as part of a project led by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to increase the income of Choctaw women through traditional native craft and analyzes the program's unfortunate demise.
Date: Winter 2008
Creator: Petty, Christina
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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