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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450342003321

Autore

Thorne Tanis C

Titolo

The world's richest Indian [[electronic resource] ] : the scandal over Jackson Barnett's oil fortune / / Tanis C. Thorne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-53284-X

9786610532841

0-19-803677-9

1-4337-0023-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 292 p. ) : ill., ports

Disciplina

976.6004/973

B

Soggetti

Creek Indians

Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc

Indians of North America - Oklahoma - Government relations

Baptists - Oklahoma - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2003.

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-279) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Chronology -- Introduction -- 1 Please Pass the Injin Territory -- 2 The Making of the Incompetent Indian -- 3 Tar Baby, 1912-1920 -- 4 Anna, Adventuress of a Most Dangerous Type, 1920-1923 -- 5 Dividing the Estate, 1921-1923 -- 6 "Poor Rich Indians" and the Turning Political Tide, 1923-1925 -- 7 Battle Royal: Litigation over the Jackson Barnett Estate, 1925-1928 -- 8 Who Will Guard the Guardians? Indian Policy on Trial, 1924-1928 -- 9 Witch Hunts: The Senate Subcommittee Investigation, 1928-1929 -- 10 The Gilded Cage, 1926-1938 -- 11 The Battle of Wilshire Boulevard -- 12 Speculative and Protracted Litigation -- Epilogue: A Matter of Trust -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a biography of Jackson Barnett, who gained unexpected wealth from oil found on his property. It explores how control of his fortune



was contested by his guardian, the state of Oklahoma, the Baptist Church, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and an adventuress who kidnapped and married him.