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Homes of Distinguished Cherokee Indians
Article details the author's experiences as he visits the homes of five notable Cherokee men: Elias Boudinot, Chief Joseph Vann, John Martin, Chief David McNair, and Chief Peter Hildebrand.
Date:
Autumn 1933
Creator:
Beeson, Leola Selman
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Mexican Kickapoos
Article details how the United States federal government dealt with an invading faction of Kickapoos who emigrated from Mexico to reside in Texas.
Date:
Spring 1933
Creator:
Buntin, Martha
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Mexican Kickapoos: Part II
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
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alexander Lawrence Posey
Article details the life and lineage of renowned Creek poet Alexander Lawrence Posey as he became a political and educational leader.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Challacombe, Doris
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Establishment of the Wichita Reservation
Article details the treaties made between the United States federal government and the Comanche and Wichita tribes regarding the allotment of land outside of the Five Civilized Tribes territory.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Chapman, Berlin B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Memories of my Childhood Days in the Choctaw Nation: Continued
Article narrates the life and experiences of the author as he grew up in Doaksville, the capitol of the Choctaw Nation, before the start of the Civil War.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Christian, Emma Ervin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Eastern Boundary of Oklahoma
Article chronicles the many boundaries made within Oklahoma Territory as the region was reshaped by the formation of other territories.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Clark, Joseph Stanley
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Judge Isaac C. Parker
Article chronicles the life and achievements of Judge Isaac C. Parker as he resided over regions within the Indian Territory.
Date:
Spring 1933
Creator:
Daily, Harry P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Slavery in the Cherokee Nation
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.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Greer County Pioneers Organize
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
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Removal
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.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Charity Hall: An Early Chickasaw School
Article documents the construction and history of Charity Hall, a mission school dedicated to the education of Chickasaw youths that was built on the grounds of an old cotton gin.
Date:
Autumn 1933
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Captain John Stuart's Sketch of the Indians
Article details Captain John Stuart's observations of the Cherokee and Choctaw tribes that were made while he served within the United States' 39th Infantry within the Indian Territory.
Date:
Spring 1933
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Editorials and Notes: Historic Fort Gibson
Article is a resolution made my the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society to dismantle Fort Gibson while establishing efforts to preserve the site's artifacts and records.
Date:
Autumn 1933
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Historical Marker at Three Forks
Article explains why the Muskogee Indian Territory Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a monument on the bank of the Verdigris River.
Date:
Spring 1933
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Survey of Tribal Records in the Archives of the United States Government in Oklahoma
Article explains the resolutions adopted by the Oklahoma Historical Society to acquire the records kept by the National Archives regarding the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.
Date:
Spring 1933
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rev. Thomas Bertholf, 1810-1867
Article chronicles the life and accomplishments of Reverend Thomas Bertholf, a leader within the Methodist Church who worked extensively within the Indian Territory.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Freeman, Charles R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
One Hundred Years Ago in the Region of Tulsa
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.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The B.I.T.: The Story of an Adventure in Railroad Building
Article chronicles the removal of North American Indians from their ancestral homes in the east to the region west of the Mississippi River through speeches given by politicians at that time. Included are plans for building railroads through the Indian Territory shortly after the tribes settled.
Date:
Spring 1933
Creator:
Holden, James Franklin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The William Penn Elm Tree
Article is a speech given by Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson when she donated an elm tree to the University of Tulsa to commemorate the famous treaty made between William Peen and the Delaware tribe.
Date:
Summer 1933
Creator:
Lawson, Roberta Campbell
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jane McCurtain
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
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The First Allotment of Lands in Severalty Among the Oklahoma Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians
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
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Plea of Crazy Snake (Chitto Harjo)
Article chronicles Chitto Harjo's (Crazy Snakes') rebellions against the federal government and his subsequent imprisonment. Included is a speech made by Harjo to express is disapproval of their removal methods.
Date:
Autumn 1933
Creator:
Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
J. J. McAlester
Article details how J. J. McAlester found coal within McAlester county in Oklahoma, as told from the author's perspective who was a confidante of the explorer.
Date:
Summer 1933
Creator:
Nesbitt, Paul
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History