Remaining Chickasaw in Indian Territory, 1830s-1907 / Wendy St. Jean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

St. Jean, Wendy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chickasaw Indians--Oklahoma--History--19th century.

Chickasaw Indians.

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.

Sovereignty.

Social conflict--Oklahoma--History--19th century.

Social conflict.

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma--History--19th century.

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Indian Territory--History.

Indian Territory.

Oklahoma--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.

Oklahoma.

Oklahoma--Social conditions--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8519-3

OCLC:

772459203