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Struggle on Arrival in Indian Territory

Richard Green, Author & Former Chickasaw Nation Historian

Richard Green describes the wilderness and shortages of food and water that awaited the Chickasaws and Choctaws on arrival in their new homeland.

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Corruption Hidden and Truth Written

Richard Green

Tribal historian Richard Green explains how a young researcher and historian named Angie Debo became immersed in the subject of Indian lands.

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Imagining the Agony of Removal

LaDonna Brown

LaDonna Brown reflects on the unimaginable concept of her ancestors being wrenched from their homelands and from all that they knew.

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Removal: Negotiating the Best Possible Conditions

Lona Barrick

The Chickasaws were the last tribe to be removed from their homelands in the 1830s.

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Chickasaws Overrun and Defrauded by Settlers

Dr. Daniel Littlefield

“Chickasaw Removal” author Dr. Daniel Littlefield describes the years before the tribe was removed in 1837.

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Chickasaw Removal and Our Indomitable Spirit

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Roach Wheeler reflects on how the Chickasaws' "unconquerable" spirit helped them to survive in their new homeland.

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Humane Treatment of Removal Indians: Military Officers

Dr. Daniel Littlefield

Dr. Daniel Littlefield readily acknowledges that the military officers who accompanied the Chickasaws on removal as the most humane.