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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457897603321

Autore

St. Jean Wendy

Titolo

Remaining Chickasaw in Indian Territory, 1830s-1907 [[electronic resource] /] / Wendy St. Jean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8173-8519-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

976.004/97386

Soggetti

Chickasaw Indians - Oklahoma - History - 19th century

Chickasaw Indians - Oklahoma - Politics and government - 19th century

Chickasaw Indians - Oklahoma - Ethnic identity - History - 19th century

Chickasaw Indians - Government relations - History - 19th century

Sovereignty - History - 19th century

Social conflict - Oklahoma - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma History 19th century

Indian Territory History

Oklahoma Ethnic relations History 19th century

Oklahoma Social conditions 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Challenges to Chickasaw sovereignty -- Struggle for independence from the Choctaw Nation, 1837-1855 -- Trouble with Texans and Western Indians, 1830s-1890s -- Decision not to adopt former slaves, 1866-1907 -- Right to tax and eject U.S. citizens, 1870s-1890s -- Curbing the influence of intermarried White men, 1870s-1907 -- Keeping the school system under Chickasaw control, 1880-1907 -- Epilogue: The end of Chickasaw sovereignty.

Sommario/riassunto

In the early 1800's, the U.S. government attempted to rid the Southeast of Indians in order to make way for trading networks, American emigration, optimal land use, economic development opportunities, and, ultimately, territorial expansion westward to the Pacific. The



difficult removal of the Chickasaw Nation to Indian Territory-later to become part of the state of Oklahoma- was exacerbated by the U.S. government's unenlightened decision to place the Chickasaws on lands it had previously provided solely for the Choctaw Nation.  This volume deals with the challenge