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Seminole Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Fred L. Wenner Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1157
Scope and Contents

Black and white original and copy prints of the towns of Guthrie, Edmond, El Reno, Oklahoma City, Perry, Kingfisher and Anadarko, Oklahoma. Scenes of farming, railroads, mining, outlaws, the U.S. Army, Boomers, the University of Oklahoma and businesses are included, along with those of Cheyenne, Shawnee, Wichita, Apache, Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Comanche, Kiowa, Pawnee, Osage, Wyandotte, Ponca, Iroquois, Seminole and Iowa Indians.

Dates: 1889-1920

Hiram Impson Collection

 Item
Identifier: WHC-M-307
Scope and Contents

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A letter (1940) written by Paul McKennon recounting his experiences in the Seminole Nation, 1894-1896, with an explanation of how criminals were punished under Seminole law.

Dates: 1940

Oklahoma Indian Rights Association Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1232
Scope and Contents

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Correspondence, publications, reports and business records of the Oklahoma Indian Rights Association, regarding its advocacy of Indian civil rights and its involvement with various Oklahoma Indian tribes. Oklahoma Indian Rights Association Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1941-1981

Paul M. Niebell Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-2196
Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Attorney. Case files (1815-1989) involving attorney, Paul M. Niebell. The files are arranged by type and docket number. The cases involve law suits filed by Indian tribes and were tried before the Indian Claims Commission, the U.S. Court of Claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Niebell represented the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Osage, Seminole, Wichita, Caddo, Cheyenne-Arapaho, and various other Indian tribes. Important cases in the collection include: Cherokee Nation v. U.S.; Cherokee Freedmen and Cherokee Freedmen's Association v. U.S.; Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations v. U.S.; Osage Nation v. U.S.; Creek Nation v. U.S.; Seminole Indians v. U.S.; Wichita Indians v. U.S.; Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma v. U.S.; and Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes v. U.S. The case files include briefs, petitions, exhibits, motions, opinions, proceedings, etc. The collection also...
Dates: 1815-1989

Seminole Nation Collection

 Collection — Box S-26
Identifier: WHC-M-1073
Scope and Contents

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Various documents concerning Seminole land disputes (1883-1933); and General Council Resolutions and Ordinances (1969-1979) of the Seminole tribe.

Dates: 1840-1979

Seminole Nation Museum Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1151
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of Seminole Indians, railroads, oil fields, schools, cotton gins, along with scenes of Weber City, Maud, Seminole, and Wewoka, Indian Territory and Oklahoma.

Dates: 1880-1930