Choctaws in Oklahoma

by Kidwell, Clara Sue

• ISBN13: 9780806140063
• ISBN10: 0806140062
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

The story of a people overcoming colonization

Author Biography

Clara Sue Kidwell is Director of the American Indian Center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Series Editor's Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
The Choctaws in 1855	p. 3
The Treaty of 1855	p. 15
"Embarrassments and Perplexities": The Church, the Nation, and Slavery	p. 30
The Constitutional Crisis of 1858: The Politics of Change	p. 41
The Civil War in Indian Territory	p. 57
The Treaty of 1866	p. 72
Strings of Little Houses	p. 87
Iron Horses and Indian Maidens	p. 102
The Net Proceeds Case	p. 121
Selfishness and Civilization	p. 137
The Leased District Claim	p. 151
The Issue of Citizenship	p. 162
A Family History	p. 176
Oklahoma!	p. 183
After Statehood	p. 193
Terminating the Choctaws	p. 206
Epilogue	p. 219
Notes	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 285
Index	p. 311
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