This article compares newspapers in Oklahoma to newspapers nationwide to discover the impact of the Snake Rebellion, led by Chitto Harjo.

Article provides historical context for the fortification of Fort Gibson, previously named Fort Blunt by Union soldiers, through examination of archaeological evidence from the Civil War era.

Article examines documentation created by Presbyterian missionaries to determine the nature of the Confederate-Choctaw alliance during the Civil War, which occurred against the wishes of the Choctaws who desired neutrality.

Article details the contributions of Cherokees abroad and on the home front during World War I. Jason Herbert analyzes the expression of identity in these efforts and also includes recollections from individual soldiers.

Notes and Documents column including a document that lists multiple reference sources providing information about the Civil War in Indian Territory and reviews coverage in this area.

Article explores the history of the Tonkawa people in Texas and Oklahoma and illuminates the negative impact Union and Confederate forces caused by not honoring their treaty obligations to protect the Tonkawas from the tribes around them, who they were alienated from by allying themselves with the US government.

Notes and Documents column including William D. Welge's "The Collection of Theodore H. Barrett, Surveyor of Indian Territory, 1870-73" which highlights the acquisition of The Theodore H. Barrett Collection, 1870-1879, by the Oklahoma Historical Society. It also includes Dianna Everett's "The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture released by Oklahoma Historical Society in January 2010" which celebrates the Oklahoma Historical Society's release of The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture in 2010.

Article explores the applications for employment at Platt National Park in order to paint a picture of the first years of Platt National Park and show how politics and personality affected federal hiring processes.

Article explores the evolution of Armstrong Academy, a boarding school for American Indian boys, from its opening in 1845 to its untimely closing in 1920.

Article explores the political context of removal of the Cherokee tribe from their native lands by examining not only relations between the US government and the Cherokee Nation, but also the internal conflict within the US government that contributed to the process.

Article outlines the migration of Mormons from Texas to Utah in the mid-1800s, focusing on the period they spent living in the Cherokee Nation before deciding whether to continue their trek or stay and settle in Indian Territory.

Article describes the life of writer and educator Zoe Agnes Stratton Tilghman. Mallory Newell examines the Oklahoma historian's legacy, from her contributions of books and articles and support of young writers to her work with the Federal Writers Project and the conflict she faced there.

Article explores Muscogee Indian Alexander Posey's role as a speculator and member of one of the Dawes Commission enrollment parties.

Article examines the lives, careers, and works of four founding political figures of the state of Oklahoma: newspaper editor-publisher and Populist Party organizer Samuel Crocker, Boomer and Populist member of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature I. N. Terrill, displaced governor and key figure at Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Henry S. Johnston, and William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, officer at the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention and later governor of Oklahoma.