LEADER 04279nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910811923603321 005 20240516162939.0 010 $a1-280-68760-6 010 $a0-8032-4039-2 010 $a9786613664549 035 $a(CKB)2670000000176548 035 $a(EBL)915523 035 $a(OCoLC)792944087 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000601832 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11353319 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000601832 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10565372 035 $a(PQKB)11580274 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC915523 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16081 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL915523 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10559290 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL366454 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000176548 100 $a20111212d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTales of the old Indian territory and essays on the Indian condition$b[electronic resource] /$fJohn Milton Oskison ; edited and with an introduction by Lionel Larre? 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (678 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican Indian lives 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-3792-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One. Autobiography; A Tale of the Old I.T.: An Autobiography by JohnMilton Oskison; A Trip to Yosemite Valley:Graphic Picture of Grand SceneryDrawn by a Vinita Boy; A Letter to His Father:John Milton Oskison Writesof His Visit in Europe; An Autobiographical Letter toJournalist Frederick S. Barde; Part Two. Fiction; I Match You: You Match Me; Tookh Steh's Mistake; A Schoolmaster's Dissipation; "Only the Master Shall Praise"; When the Grass Grew Long; The Biologist's Quest; I Saw an Eagle Strike 327 $aTo "Youngers' Bend"A Border Judge and His Court; Working for Fame; The Fall of King Chris; "The Quality of Mercy"; The Greater Appeal; The Problem of Old Harjo; Young Henry and the Old Man; Koenig's Discovery; Out of the Night That Covers; Walla Tenaka - Creek; The Apples of Hesperides,Kansas; The Man Who Interfered; The Other Partner; The Singing Bird; Part Three. Essays; Cherokee Migration; The President and the Indian: Rich Opportunity for the Red Man; The Outlook for the Indian; Friends of the Indian; Lake Mohonk Conference; The Need of Publicity in Indian Affairs 327 $aRemaining Causes of Indian DiscontentMaking an Individual of the Indian; A Carlisle Commencement; The Indian in the Professions; The Enduring Qualities of the Indian; The Little Mother of the Pueblos; An Apache Problem; Acquiring a Standard of Value; The Closing Chapter: Passingof the Old Indian; A Bigger Load for EducatedIndians; In Governing the Indian,Use the Indian!; The New Indian Leadership; Source Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography 330 $aAt the beginning of the twentieth century, Indian Territory, which would eventually become the state of Oklahoma, was a multicultural space in which various Native tribes, European Americans, and African Americans were equally engaged in struggles to carve out meaningful lives in a harsh landscape. John Milton Oskison, born in the territory to a Cherokee mother and an immigrant English father, was brought up engaging in his Cherokee heritage, including its oral traditions, and appreciating the utilitarian value of an American education. Oskison left Indian Territory to atte 410 0$aAmerican Indian lives. 606 $aCherokee Indians$vBiography 606 $aIndian authors$vBiography 606 $aCherokee Indians$vFiction 607 $aIndian Territory$xHistory$vFiction 615 0$aCherokee Indians 615 0$aIndian authors 615 0$aCherokee Indians 676 $a976.6004/97557 700 $aOskison$b John M$g(John Milton),$fb. 1874.$01689133 701 $aLarre?$b Lionel$01128949 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811923603321 996 $aTales of the old Indian territory and essays on the Indian condition$94063921 997 $aUNINA