The True History Of Oklahoma And The Indians

Most Americans have at least some vague image of the Trail of Tears, but not very many know of the events that led to that tragic removal of several thousand Indians from their homeland. Indian lands were held hostage by the states and the federal government, and Indians had to agree to removal to preserve their identity as tribes. Trail of Tears is an excellent snapshot of a particular situation and will be eye opening to those who are not familiar with the story of the southern tribes and their interactions with the burgeoning American population. The Trail of Tears has become the symbol in American history that signifies the callousness of American policy makers toward American Indians in 1839 and 1839.

The combined tribe known as the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma that is currently located near the four-state area, consists of members who survived throughout the rough journeys, such as the Trail of Tears, which the majority of Indians went through. These Indians were once a part of the Iroquois Confederacy, which originated from New York State. Later, these tribes united in Oklahoma, also known as “Indian Territory”, after the nineteenth century war, between the States.

The debate over the legality of sovereignty and acquired lands from the native Americans, specifically the Cherokee, has long been debated. The issues involved have included treaties, land sold, and the right of the Government to physically enforce their rules on Indian land "sovereignty". This paper will examine the strategy used by the Federal Governments, the State Governments as well as those of the Cherokee Indians. The three-way relationship as well as the issues will examine how the interpretation of the Constitution changed society prior to the year of 1840.

Our ancestors came from Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. The Chickasaw Tribe is located in south-central Oklahoma with the headquarters being in Ada. They were forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800’s. This removal from there to here is called the Trail of Tears. My paternal great great grandmother was a small child when she came on this removal. This journey was very costly and many young children and elderly died while coming to Oklahoma,

To begin with, the Cherokee tribe was one of the three primary Native American tribes in South Carolina that called themselves “the real people.” Upward in the mountains, they lived in these villages called “longhouses.” For the girls, their daily lives consisted of doing work in the field, planting and hoeing corn, then harvesting it. On the other hand, the boy’s daily lives consisted of being taught to fish and hunt. Their food was examples of fruits, nuts, corn, pole beans, squash, pumpkins, bottle gourds, and tobacco. Next, the Catawba tribe was another one of the three primary Native American tribes in South Carolina that called themselves the “river people. They used Carolina clay to make their pottery which they were known for. The Catawba dwellers lived in villages that had an open rounding on the top. The Catawbas were primarily farmers because every day they planted crops by the river, fished and hunted. Therefore, the Yemassee tribe was the third primary tribe in South Carolina that was from Spanish Florida. Throughout the summer, they lived on a beach, staying in Wigwams concealed in palmetto leaves. However, during the fall, winter, and spring they stayed in wattle and daub homes with a roof of leaves like the Cherokee. Every day they would eat clams which were part of their diet and equip the land for crops. Women were obligated for child rearing, making clothes, and served food and the men congregated the rest of the food in fishing and hunting.

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In this essay I will be talking about the hero and the most important people in Oklahoma history. They are the ones who shaped the state it is today and made the state famous as it is now. I will be picking eight people from the list in this project. They were all blessed by God with their talents and they used it well. The eight people I will be talking about are the following; Jim Thorpe, Mickey Mantle, Paul Harvey, L. Gordon Cooper, Will Rogers, Shannon Lucid, Shannon Miller, and Owen K. Garriot. These are just a few people who not just made Oklahoma look great but U.S.A. look great.

The Cherokee were forced into giving up most of their land in the eighteenth century. Through fraudulent treaties and unjust deals the Cherokee lost close to all of their land during this time. One of the biggest loses coming from "Henderson's Purchase", in Kentucky, 1775. In an effort to stop the complete takeover of all Indian land, the Cherokees go through a transformation in order to survive in a new world. "The great Cherokee renascence of 1794-1833 was the re-birth of that people in the image of the United States, yet with a difference." (McLoughlin, Preface)

The old Cherokee nation was a large thriving tribe located in northern Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee, which was a region known as Appalachia. Because of greedy landowners wanting more money, land for themselves and land for their crops, this forced the Cherokees out of their land and into another region. The government, specifically Andrew Jackson, wanted the land because it was land that he “needed”. He needed this land because he felt it would increase the white population and give him more wealth and power. He enforced a removal of the Cherokee nation and all natives in the south. This removal would later be known as “The Trail of Tears.”

Did you know that 31% of Germany has been kept with forests and woodlands? Or that In 1831, the Choctaw Indians endured death and starvation when they were forced out of Mississippi to travel the Trail of Tears? My German heritage affects me in a few ways, and my Choctaw heritage doesn’t affect me very much, but the two German traditions that I do are decorating christmas trees, and painting easter eggs. One from my Choctaw heritage that I want to try is

Most Americans have at least some vague understanding of the Trail of Tears, but not many know about the events that led to that tragic removal of thousands of Indians from their homeland. Indian lands were held hostage by the states and the federal government. The Indians had to agree to removal to maintain their tribe identities. Trail of Tears is an excellent example of a particular situation and will be eye opening to those who are not familiar with the story of the southern tribes and their interactions with the rapidly growing American population. The Trail of Tears has become the symbol in American history that indicates the callousness, insensitivity, and cruelty of American government toward American Indians in 1839 and 1839.

In chapter seven, “Spirited Away”: Race, Gender, and Murder in Oklahoma During the 1920s, it was about how a small but active group of African Americans appeared and fought for their rights when the twentieth century came around (pg. 135). According the author, when it came to the Jim Crow Laws in Oklahoma, it separated almost every aspect of life into white and colored. A number of them were quickly written into the states’ legal code and were founded on two basic principles. They were that African Americans were individuals that were not capable of success or failure, good or evil, but they were deviant and inferior. They were criminal and ignorant people that intended to harm the white race, and because of that segregation was needed. The second principle, behind the Jim Crow Law, was that because of their moral and cultural superiority, whites had the right to separate themselves from African Americans and to limit their upward mobility. With these laws based on the assumption of African American inferiority creating segregation, crime and race became tangled and intertwined, and many saw vigilantism as a necessary check on black criminality (pg. 136). This, according to the author, asserted white superiority and that African Americans should say under them as an inferior race. As for the lynchings, along with race riots, they became very effective in terms of maintaining political, economic and social subordination of African Americans throughout the country (pg. 136).

The Omaha Indian Reservation lies primarily in the southern part of Thurston County and northeastern Cuming County, Nebraska, but small parts extend into the northeast corner of Burt County and across the Missouri River into Monona County, Iowa.The climate was hot summers and cold winters. The land was Grass covered prairies with streams and rivers.

The Cheyenne Indian tribe lived in the central portion of the High Plains and they were divided into northern and southern groups. Originally an agricultural people, they migrated to the Plains and they became hunters. The name “Cheyenne means “red speakers” or Indians of alien speech” but they called themselves Tsistsistas meaning “people from this group”. The climate in the Plains was cold in the winters and hot in the summers with little rain. The rivers provided resources for the people. They spoke the Algonquian language which is related to the Blackfoot, Arapaho and a number of other groups in eastern North America. Both northern and southern Cheyenne Indians speak distinct dialects but they are mutually understandable.

It has some of the most beautiful sights that you cant see everywhere else. It has one of the prettiest sunsets that you cant miss. It has some very wonderful grass plains that look like the ocean when the wind blows. And we can see forever out in this area. We have such pretty sky’s and wonderful clouds. This area of Oklahoma the world has much of an odd beauty that only certain people can take in. some people just overlook the prettiest things in life and never take in the natural beauty in things