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"A Nomad in White Man's Jungle": An Introduction to the Works of Louis Oliver (open access)

"A Nomad in White Man's Jungle": An Introduction to the Works of Louis Oliver

Article analyzing the literary work of Louis Oliver, American Indian writer and poet.
Date: Winter 2009
Creator: Schmidtke, Carsten
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Andrew Nave Letters: New Cherokee Source Material at Northeastern State College (open access)

The Andrew Nave Letters: New Cherokee Source Material at Northeastern State College

Article discusses the contents of the Andrew Nave Letters, a collection donated by the Nave family to Northeastern State University. Since Andrew Nave ran a store in Tahlequah and Park Hill and was the son-in-law of Cherokee chief John Ross, the materials can serve as a source of information for the business affairs of the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Spring 1952
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Northeastern's Seminary Hall (open access)

Northeastern's Seminary Hall

Article chronicles the history of the building that hosted Seminary Hall, the first co-educational public seminary school in the world, located on the Northeastern State College campus.
Date: Winter 1973
Creator: Halliburton, R., Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Rock Falls Raid, An Analysis of the Documentary Evidence (open access)

The Rock Falls Raid, An Analysis of the Documentary Evidence

Article narrates the legal and political battles fought over settlement of the Cherokee Outlet that accumulated into the creation of Rock Falls, a townsite that forced a confrontation between cattlemen and government agencies.
Date: Spring 1971
Creator: Savage, William W., Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Trial of Ezekiel Proctor and the Problem of Judicial Jurisdiction (open access)

The Trial of Ezekiel Proctor and the Problem of Judicial Jurisdiction

Article narrates the events surrounding the "Tragedy of Goingsnake," a shootout that resulted in nine deaths and numerous wounded. The shootout resulted from a judicial jurisdiction dispute regarding the trial of Ezekiel Proctor, a Cherokee man charged with the murder of Polly Kesterson.
Date: Autumn 1970
Creator: Littlefield, Daniel F., Jr. & Underhill, Lonnie E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Building of the Railroads in the Cherokee Nation (open access)

The Building of the Railroads in the Cherokee Nation

Article chronicles how railroad companies overcame legal and territorial disputes to expand their businesses into the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Summer 1971
Creator: Self, Nancy Hope
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Homesteading the Strip (open access)

Homesteading the Strip

Article chronicles how the United States government opened the land called Cherokee Strip for settlement and the ensuing struggles of the settlers and the American Indians who lived there.
Date: Autumn 1973
Creator: Lucas, Robert C. & Gilstrap, Lucille
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Reverend Theodore Manneseh Rights, His Sons, and the Cherokee National Male Seminary (open access)

Reverend Theodore Manneseh Rights, His Sons, and the Cherokee National Male Seminary

Article investigates the education of three sons of Theodore M. Rights, a Moravian missionary to the Cherokee Nation, at Cherokee National Male Seminary and discusses the controversy surrounding the graduation of the second son, Eugene Jesse Rights.
Date: Winter 2016
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Intruders at Chilocco (open access)

Intruders at Chilocco

Article details how the United States government created the Chilocco Indian School within contested borders of the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Summer 1972
Creator: Savage, William W., Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Cherokee Male Seminary Baseball Team, 1876-1908 (open access)

The Cherokee Male Seminary Baseball Team, 1876-1908

Article traces the history of baseball at the Cherokee Male Seminary, chronicling the names of the men who played and the successes and failures of the teams.
Date: Summer 2015
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sustaining the Cherokee's Lamp of Enlightenment: The Establishment of Northeastern State Normal School (open access)

Sustaining the Cherokee's Lamp of Enlightenment: The Establishment of Northeastern State Normal School

Article describes the political and social process of convincing the legislature to place one of the state's normal schools, or teachers' colleges, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. By this process local citizens of Tahlequah secured Northeastern State Normal School for their town.
Date: Winter 2008
Creator: Agnew, Brad
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Restoration of the Worcester Cemetery, Old Park Hill (open access)

Restoration of the Worcester Cemetery, Old Park Hill

Article describes the project led by the Oklahoma Historical Society to acquire and preserve the Worcester Mission cemetery at Park Hill. T. L. Ballenger discusses the history of Worcester cemetery and includes a roster of the individuals buried there.
Date: Summer 1953
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Diana, Tiana, or Talihina? The Myth and Mystery of Sam Houston's Cherokee Wife (open access)

Diana, Tiana, or Talihina? The Myth and Mystery of Sam Houston's Cherokee Wife

Article examines the identity of Sam Houston's part-Cherokee wife, who has been attributed several different names in historical documentation related to her existence. Stan Hoig investigates the women who might have possibly been confused with Diana, Tiana, or Talahina Houston, as well as how this confusion left its mark on a grave.
Date: Summer 1986
Creator: Hoig, Stan
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Opening of the Cherokee Outlet: The Run (open access)

The Opening of the Cherokee Outlet: The Run

Article narrates the events that transpired the day the Oklahoma Territory gained over 8 million acers of the Cherokee Outlet and opened for settlement.
Date: Spring 1932
Creator: Milam, Joe B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A College Tour to Points of Historic Interest (open access)

A College Tour to Points of Historic Interest

Article details the historic monuments students of the Northeastern State Teachers College visited during their field trip around Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
An Historic Letter of Interest (open access)

An Historic Letter of Interest

Article is a letter detailing the author's thoughts on why the admission of Little Rock and Fort smith into Cherokee county is unwarranted.
Date: Autumn 1929
Creator: King, Isaac D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
How the Cherokees Acquired the Outlet: Part 1 (open access)

How the Cherokees Acquired the Outlet: Part 1

Article details the treaties that were negotiated to create the Cherokee Outlet, a portion of Indian Territory designated for the resettlement of the Cherokee tribe.
Date: Spring 1937
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 2012-13 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 2012-13

Notes and Documents column including James G. McCullagh's "Mayme Jane Starr (1879-1901): A "Cherokee Rose Bud" and Her Family Remembered," a short article that remembers the life of Mayme Jane Starr, a Cherokee woman and educator at Cherokee National Female Seminary.
Date: Winter 2012
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee Occupance in the Oklahoma Ozarks and Prairie Plains (open access)

Cherokee Occupance in the Oklahoma Ozarks and Prairie Plains

Article details how the Cherokee lands were taken over and modified to become livable for settlers during a process known as occupance.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Hewes, Leslie
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alice Ross Howard (open access)

Alice Ross Howard

Article chronicles the life of Alice Ross Howard, a distant relative of Chief John Ross of the Eastern Cherokee Nation. The article follows Howard and her family as they escape from the Civil War to the North and return to rebuild their lives within the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Autumn 1945
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Home for the Insane, Deaf, Dumb, and Blind of the Cherokee Nation (open access)

The Home for the Insane, Deaf, Dumb, and Blind of the Cherokee Nation

Article chronicles the establishment of the first orphanage and asylum within the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Winter 1943
Creator: Steen, Carl T.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Otoe and Missouria Reservation: Part I & II (open access)

The Otoe and Missouria Reservation: Part I & II

Article chronicles the establishment and dissolution of the Otoe and Missouria Reservation, the sixth and last reservation established in the Cherokee county.
Date: Summer 1948
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Some Letters from the Reverend Samuel A. Worcester at Park Hill (open access)

Some Letters from the Reverend Samuel A. Worcester at Park Hill

Article contains letters written by the Reverend Samuel A. Worchester after his release from prison and removal from Georgia to Oklahoma following his missionary work with the Cherokee tribe. Worchester was arrested in Georgia for failing to voluntarily move with the tribe out of the state.
Date: Winter 1948
Creator: Shirk, George H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History