Indians of North America -- Land tenure
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Charles A. Burdine Collection
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Government employee. Letters from Burdine to his wife decribing everyday life in Indian Territory, particularly in Tishomingo, and his work as a member of the Dawes Commission.
Green McCurtain Collection
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Indian Chief. Correspondence (1890-1916) to and from McCurtain and his personal secretary, George W. Scott, regarding the Choctaws' claims against the United States, and separate statehood for Indian Territory, including letters from Chiefs of other major Indian tribes in the Territory; maps of railroad rights-of-way and towns in the Choctaw Nation (1876-1908), published by its general council; publications (1896-1913) by various political parties and citizens groups in the Choctaw Nation; publications (1892-1916) of the U.S. government regarding mineral rights of the Choctaw Nation and Indian Territory; and personal journals of McCurtain. Green McCurtain Photograph Collection also in repository.
Hobert Otho Boggs Collection
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Photocopies of an occupation permit (1889) from the Choctaw Nation, a sales brochure (n.d.) from the Sacred Heart Abbey (Okla.), a letter (1845) from George Harkins describing conditions among the Choctaws since their removal from Mississippi to Indian Territory, and a letter (1874) from Peter Pitchlynn to his nephew W.B. Pitchlynn regarding Choctaw politics. Hobert Boggs Photograph Collection also in repository.
Indian Claims Commission Collection
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Subject Collection. Collection includes litigation brought before the Indian Claims Commission by the Kickapoo, Miami, Peoria, and Potawatomi Indian tribes. The litigation pertains to treaties and land petitions. Most of the tribes are based in Oklahoma with a few in Michigan and Kansas.
James Franklin Parman Collection
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A typescript of an account (n.d.) by Will Brown of a white settlement in the Chickasaw Nation, 1868-1904, and attempts by the Chickasaw Indians to halt it. James Franklin Parman Photograph Collection also in repository.
John J. Knox Collection
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Correspondence (1875) from U.S. Indian agent John J. Knox to his brother, William W. Knox of Clarkston, Michigan. John Knox writes from the "South West Corner Pottawatomie Reserve 165 miles from Muscogee, Ind. Ter." and describes the poor quality of the land on which the Potawatomi Indians reside, and their general living conditions.
Leslie Hewes Collection
Lewis Cass Collection
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Army officer and statesman. Copies of letters from General Matthew Arbuckle, Montfort Stokes and Pierre Chouteau, written from various posts in the Indian Territory to U.S. Secretary of War Lewis Cass, concerning the attempt to gather the Plains tribes at Camp Mason on the Canadian River for a peace conference, along with other detailed observations on Indian affairs.
Madeline Czarina Colbert Conlan Collection
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Historian. Manuscripts by Conlan reflecting the histories and cultures of numerous Indian tribes, the Choctaw Indians in particular, from 1756 to 1932; and a textbook, published in Great Britain (1950).
Oklahoma Indian Rights Association Collection
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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.
Paul M. Niebell Collection
Phillips Pamphlet Collection
Pamphlets (1820-1978) containing information on U.S. government / Indian tribal relations, and U.S. government Indian policy. Materials include memorials from Indian delegations concerning allotment, land transfer, and per capita payments; tribal agreements with the Dawes Commission; annual messages of Indian nations; legal cases argued before the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court; and annual reports of the Board of Indian Commissioners. Other pamphlets concern Oklahoma statehood, mining and oil and gas rights on Indian lands, railroads in Indian Territory; and claims of Old Settler Cherokees.
Roley Cub McIntosh Collection
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Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles relating to McIntosh (1871-1928) and one of a speech (1835) made by his father, Roley McIntosh, to the Comanche and Wichita Nations at Camp Holmes, Indian Territory.