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Indian heiress and Oklahoma oil fortune shift fate of Loni Choctaw
A feature on Loni, an Oklahoma Choctaw heiress who inherits $300,000 from a father she never met and travels from a tumble down shack to a life touched by wealth. The piece traces the Choctaw history, the oil wealth under reservation land, and the peril of white suitors and exploitation that wealth can invite.
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Oklahoma
Loni
Mr Fe
Neshoba County
Neshoba
Lilly Billy
Hickman Willis
Willis
U. S
State Penitentiary
Lilly
Tubby
Sre
Mississippi
Sali
United States
G. E. Wilson
Philadelphia
Oklo
Oklahoma Co
Teri
Indian Agency
Lea
Cone
Holts
Lon
Washington
Weir
Ota
Pri White Deer
Royal