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Taking Indian lands : the Cherokee (Jerome) Commission, 1889-1893  Cover Image Book Book

Taking Indian lands : the Cherokee (Jerome) Commission, 1889-1893

Summary: Examines the Cherokee Commission of 1889 and the U.S. strategies to negotiate the purchase of Indian land thus opening it up to white settlers.

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  • ISBN: 0806135131 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780806135137 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: print
    x, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2003.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-269) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The origins of the Cherokee Commission -- Initial contacts with the Cherokees, Iowas, Sac and Fox, and Kickapoos -- Agreements with the Iowas, Sac and Fox, Potawatomis, and Shawnees ; failure with the Kickapoos -- The Cheyennes and Arapahos brought to terms -- The Cherokees revisited -- Agreements with the Wichitas, Kickapoos, and Tonkawas -- A Cherokee agreement at last -- A frustrating eleven weeks with the Poncas -- The Kiowas, Comanches, and Apaches fight a delaying action -- A Pawnee agreement -- Running out the clock with the Poncas, Osages, Choctaws, and Chickasaws.
Subject: Indian land transfers Indian Territory
United States. Cherokee Commission.
Indians of North America Government relations

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library E 93 .I5 H34 2003 262207 Stacks Available -
Lummi Library Indian # 186 275288 Deloria Collection Available -

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