03658nam 2200757 a 450 991077882860332120230126202652.00-8173-8519-3(CKB)2550000000082049(EBL)835656(OCoLC)772459203(SSID)ssj0000631090(PQKBManifestationID)12309931(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631090(PQKBWorkID)10591002(PQKB)11116392(SSID)ssj0000606643(PQKBManifestationID)11433980(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606643(PQKBWorkID)10581661(PQKB)11558288(MiAaPQ)EBC835656(MdBmJHUP)muse9347(Au-PeEL)EBL835656(CaPaEBR)ebr10527803(EXLCZ)99255000000008204920100810d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrRemaining Chickasaw in Indian Territory, 1830s-1907[electronic resource] /Wendy St. JeanTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20111 online resource (169 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1725-2 0-8173-5642-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 challengeChickasaw IndiansOklahomaHistory19th centuryChickasaw IndiansOklahomaPolitics and government19th centuryChickasaw IndiansOklahomaEthnic identityHistory19th centuryChickasaw IndiansGovernment relationsHistory19th centurySovereigntyHistory19th centurySocial conflictOklahomaHistory19th centuryChoctaw Nation of OklahomaHistory19th centuryIndian TerritoryHistoryOklahomaEthnic relationsHistory19th centuryOklahomaSocial conditions19th centuryChickasaw IndiansHistoryChickasaw IndiansPolitics and governmentChickasaw IndiansEthnic identityHistoryChickasaw IndiansGovernment relationsHistorySovereigntyHistorySocial conflictHistory976.004/97386St. Jean Wendy1470976MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778828603321Remaining Chickasaw in Indian Territory, 1830s-19073683060UNINA