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Living on Native Land: My Family's 1906 Allotment

Phillip Carroll Morgan

Dr. Phillip Carroll Morgan reflects on living on his family's original 1905 land allotment.

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Setback of Allotments

Lisa Billy

Lisa Billy saw the allotments that preceded Oklahoma statehood as yet another way of dividing and conquering.

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With Reservations, Tribes Don't Hold Title

Stephen Greetham

• Historic Figures

Stephen Greetham serves as attorney for the Chickasaw Nation and works closely with the Choctaws.

1m 30s

The Proposed State of Sequoyah

Neal McCaleb

Shortly before Oklahoma’s statehood, tribes in Indian Territory hoped to form a separate Indian nation, Sequoyah.

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Indians Defrauded by Guardians

Neal McCaleb

Updates to the General Allotment Act allowed the Secretary of the Interior to declare tribal members “non compos mentis” or “not of sound mind.”