Indian territory and the United States, 1866-1906 : courts, government, and the movement for Oklahoma statehood

Burton, Jeffrey 1936- (Author).

Summary: This innovative reappraisal of federal courts in Indian Territory shows how the United States Congress used judicial reform to suppress the Five Tribes' governments and clear the way for Oklahoma statehood. Historian Jeffrey Burton traces the changing relationship between the federal government and the distinctive institutions of the Indian republics, from the post-Civil War Reconstruction treaties to the Enabling Act that carried Oklahoma to the threshold of statehood.

Record details

ISBN: 0806127546
ISBN: 9780806127545
ISBN: 0806129182
ISBN: 9780806129181
Physical Description: print
xix, 314 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ch. 1. From Removal to Reconstruction -- Ch. 2. An Imperium in Imperio? -- Ch. 3. Federal Law in the Indian Territory, 1866-1883 -- Ch. 4. Constitutions and Laws of the Five Nations -- Ch. 5. The Administration of Justice by the Five Nations -- Ch. 6. Industry, Immigration, and Tribal Sovereignty, 1866-1886 -- Ch. 7. Congressional Intervention and Judicial Conflict, 1878-1886 -- Ch. 8. A Double Thrust at Tribal Sovereignty -- Ch. 9. Problems of Government and Jurisdiction, 1886-1893 -- Ch. 10. Judicial Reform and the End of Tribal Self-Government, 1894-1899 -- Ch. 11. Courthouse Government and the Move Toward Single Statehood.