Indian Territory
Tribal lands, historically
Indian Territory was the federal designation for lands in present-day Oklahoma set aside for Native American tribes, particularly those forcibly relocated during the 1830s.
The territory shrank steadily as the U.S. government opened more land to white settlement, finally dissolving when Oklahoma became a state in 1907.
His grandfather was born in Indian Territory before statehood.
Indigenous Southeastern nation
- ChoctawSoutheastern Native American nation
- SeminoleFlorida indigenous nation
- ChickasawMuskogean-speaking Native nation
- OsageGreat Plains indigenous nation
Pawnee · Wichita · boomers · territorial · frontier · tribal courts · statehood · 1907
1830s forced indigenous relocation
- Andrew JacksonSeventh U.S. president
- ancestral landsFamily territory through generations
- death marchCoerced exhausting journey
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
grief · survival · heritage · genocide · federal policy · treaty violations
Federally recognized indigenous government
- Choctaw NationSoutheastern Native American people
- Seminole NationSovereign tribal government in Oklahoma
- Osage NationSovereign tribal government in Oklahoma
- KiowaGreat Plains indigenous people
Comanche · Apache · Caddo · Delaware · Shawnee · Nez Perce · Arapaho · Cheyenne
Self-rule by native peoples
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- nationhoodStatus as independent country
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
autonomy · federal recognition · tribal courts · allotment · land rights · treaty rights · political status · assimilation policy
Cherokee
Indigenous Southeastern nation
- ChoctawSoutheastern Native American nation
- SeminoleFlorida indigenous nation
- ChickasawMuskogean-speaking Native nation
Osage · Pawnee · Wichita · boomers · territorial · frontier · tribal courts · statehood · 1907
Trail of Tears
1830s forced indigenous relocation
- Andrew JacksonSeventh U.S. president
- ancestral landsFamily territory through generations
- death marchCoerced exhausting journey
suffering · grief · survival · heritage · genocide · federal policy · treaty violations
Cherokee Nation
Federally recognized indigenous government
- Choctaw NationSoutheastern Native American people
- Seminole NationSovereign tribal government in Oklahoma
- Osage NationSovereign tribal government in Oklahoma
Kiowa · Comanche · Apache · Caddo · Delaware · Shawnee · Nez Perce · Arapaho · Cheyenne
tribal governance
Self-rule by native peoples
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- nationhoodStatus as independent country
jurisdiction · autonomy · federal recognition · tribal courts · allotment · land rights · treaty rights · political status · assimilation policy · self-government
Oklahoma
South Central U.S. state
Red River · Arkansas River · prairie · plains
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- CherokeeCherokee Nation, Cherokee syllabary, Sequoyah, Trail of Tears, clan mothers
- cattle drivecattle drive, Chisholm Trail, chuck wagon, cowboy, drover
- Cherokee HomelandCherokee Nation, tribal lands, Trail of Tears, reservations
- Frontier Warscavalry charge, militia, militias, colonial militia, massacre
- Great PlainsGreat Plains, high plains, High Plains, grassland, grasslands
Indian Territorystatehood
Condition of being sovereign
U.S. state · state · Oklahoma · the states · federal land
Indian Territorypublic domain
Unprotected creative works
ceded lands · federal lands · state jurisdiction · federal jurisdiction · private property