The person I am doing my Oklahoma history report is on Wilma mankiller she was born on November‚ 18‚ 1945 her age is (66) she was born in Tahlequah Oklahoma what she is known for Is being a leading advocate for the Cherokee and the first women to serve as there principle Chief. When she was a kid she left Oklahoma and went to Francisco‚ California For hops of a better life but there family was still struggling in there new home. During the 1960s Wilma mankiller was inspired by the attempt of
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Oklahoma Land Rush Oklahoma Indian Territory 5 civilized tribes –Cherokees‚ Chickasaw‚ Choctaws‚ Creek‚ Seminole Land Rush on “No Man’s Land” – April 22‚ 1889 – white settlers given opportunity to settle far western portion of OK Curtis Act 1889 – formally ended Indian communal land ownership thereby legally dissolving Indian Territory Oklahoma – “land of the Red Man” At the close of the Civil War 360‚000 Indians still lived in Trans-Miss. West. Most in Great Plains. Plain Indians used guns
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Pacific Oil Company Pacific Oil Company was founded in 1902 as the Sweetwater Oil Company of Oklahoma City‚ Oklahoma. The founder of Sweetwater Oil‚ E.M. Hutchinson‚ pioneered a major oil strike in north central Oklahoma that touched off the Oklahoma "black gold" rush of the early 1900s. It developed extensive oil holdings in North Africa and the Middle East‚ as well as significant coal beds in the western United States. In 1979‚ Pacific Oil established the first major contract with
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Images ABC News’ Anna Wild reports: An Oklahoma City Thunder cheerleader has some strong words for the female blogger who criticized her figure and posted a poll asking whether she was “too chunky” to cheer. “Shame on you. I mean you are a woman … you know exactly what we all go through on a daily basis just being a woman‚” Kelsey Williams said. “Shame on you.” Speaking to ABC News’ Bianna Golodryga on “Good Morning America‚” today Williams‚ an Oklahoma City native‚ said her “heart sank” when
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America’s shores‚ Indians resided in what would become Oklahoma ("okla" meaning people and "humma" meaning red‚ so the state’s name literally means "red people") Time: in the middle 1800s when Indians had already been relocated in the West. Historical background: Oklahoma’s recorded history began in 1541 when Spanish explorer Coronado ventured through the area on his quest for the "Lost City of Gold." The land that would eventually be known as Oklahoma was part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. Beginning
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The Trail of Tears was a harsh and inhumane event that happened in the 1830’s. Indian tribes were forced off of their land and they were involuntarily relocated to what is now Oklahoma. There was fear and resentment among the white settlers when it came to their Native American adversaries. They were a different kind of people than the whites when it came to how they lived‚ spoke‚ dressed and as well as their religious beliefs. This unfamiliarity with them led to the settlers believing that they
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gave the families land they took the land‚ even though they might not have known where the land was. Oklahoma Land Rush 1889 Around noon on a spring day 50‚000 people lined up to get their piece of the 2 million acres up for grabs. This was the first land rush for unassigned land. This land rush allowed people to choose where they started their life‚ within a month of the rush Oklahoma City
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they called the "Five Civilized Tribes" removed from their native lands. These tribes were the Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Creek‚ and Seminole. They were forced to march 800 miles from their home’s to the "Indian Territory"‚ which is modern-day Oklahoma. Under cruel conditions‚ the army forced the peaceful tribes through the cold‚ winter weather to their new homes. During this ordeal‚ known as the "Trail of Tears"‚ over 4‚000 Cherokees alone died‚ out of the 15‚000 moved. They died due to disease
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Chapter 26: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution 1. The Native Americans originally resigned in the Great West. The boundaries were established in tribes along the Great West. 2. The Indian wars in the West were often savage clashes. Colonel Chivington’s militia massacred Indians at Sand Creek‚ Colorado in 1864.In 1866 a Sioux war party attempted to block construction of the Bozeman Trail and they ambushed Fetterman’s command and the Indians left not a single survivor. 3. The spread
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The North American Plains include the area from the Canadian boreal forest in the north to central Texas in the south and from the Rocky Mountain in the west to the Missouri River and the eastern boundaries of the states of Nebraska‚ Kansas‚ and Oklahoma in the east. This region is almost continuous open grassland‚ interrupted by more forested locales along the major river valleys and in those areas‚ such as the Black Hills of eastern Wyoming and western South Dakota‚ where the expanse of open
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