Creek Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc.

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Court decisions, treasury warrants and related legal documents (1868-1900); correspondence (1873-1898); and typescripts of newspaper articles (1849-1943), all relating to land, institutions and the affairs of the Creek Nation, Indian Territory. Correspondents include Samuel Checote, Ward Coachman, Joseph M. Perryman and Isparecher.

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Correspondence between various politicans and government officials in the Creek Nation, concerning tribal politics, tribal factionalism, the Green Peach War, sale of Creek lands in Alabama, removal, allotment of tribal lands, and other administrative matters. Correspondents include George W. Grayson, Washington Grayson, Pleasant Porter, Return J. Meigs, Samuel Checote, Dennis W. Bushyhead, and James R. Garfield.

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Typescripts of letters, speeches and statements by and about Isparhecher while serving as Principal Chief of the Creek Nation, concerning tribal factionalism, finance, land titles and related governmental affairs.

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Typescripts of annual reports, editorials, newspaper items and proclamations relating to Perryman's term of office as Principal Chief of the Creek Nation (1884-1888), and his service as delegate from the Creek Nation to the Indian International Council.

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Graduate student. Papers (1995) written by Kvaloy as part of course work while a student at the University of Oklahoma. The papers are entitled "Politically active McIntoshes of the Creek Nation" and "The Creek judicial system".

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Typescripts of annual reports, editorials and newspaper articles concerning Perryman's tenure as a Principal Chief of the Creek Nation, the Dawes Commission, his ouster from office in 1895, and his involvement with a plan for Creeks to emigrate to Mexico in 1905.

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...

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Typescripts of correspondence, speeches and proclamations, and newspaper articles relating to Porter as Principal Chief of the Creek Nation and President of the Sequoyah Convention, to the allotment of land by the Dawes Commissison, the termination of tribal government, and the Sequoyah Movement.

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Typescripts of Coachman's messages as Principal Chief of the Creek Nation to the House of Kings and Warriors; and an editorial concerning an attempt to unite Creek political factions, and to promote the Creek Constitution of 1867.