Status of the Freedmen in Cherokee Nation Citizenship Debate
The Cherokee commission faces a key issue in drafting the treaty’s final form the status of freedmen adopted under the 1866 treaty. The piece argues freedmen merit full Cherokee citizenship and notes the difficulty of creating an honest roll due to fraud and squatters. It urges careful rules and only reliable testimony to determine who is entitled before land allotment and fund division.
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Cherokee Commission
United States
Cherokee Nation
Clifton Commission
Schools and Churches in Cherokee Nation Land Claims
The Cherokee commission faces private land claims by schools and churches seeking final title. Chiefs note tribes’ generosity, but insist land granted must fit actual needs for buildings and grounds. No vested rights exist. US consent required for any land transfer. institutions should avoid greed or risk government action.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Allotment plans in Cherokee land settlement debate
Cherokees and Dawes commission focus on final land allotment amid five million acres for about thirty two thousand people. Proposals favor equal acres with cash top up, but that risks rewarding poorest land. Preference centers on independent tribal ownership with age related vesting and inalienable minor titles. Lt Hobson kissed sixty seven ladies at Coates House. Blind John Taylor returns Friday from Detroit after pension fraud case.
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Cherokees Commission
Dawes Commission
Cherokee Union
Hobson
Coates House
Kansas City
Cherokee Town Lot Ownership in Dawes Treaty Debates
The Dawes commission faces negotiations over townlot titles in the Cherokee nation Cherokees urge fair purchase rights and independent valuation of town sites. Delaware land claims are shown to threaten treaty acceptance and the 1867 agreement ties Delaware occupancy to Cherokee land and stake.
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Commission Nl
Dawes Commission
Creek Country
Commission
The Drift of a Day and Cherokee Nation Reflections
Rambler vents views on crime and punishment in Indian Territory noting prison cars and court records as evidence of a stronger legal system. He rails at incorrigibles and praises deportation to the penitentiary while condemning corruption linked to the Dawes commission and Cherokee leaders.
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Katy
Vinita
Tom Wind
Sam Smith
Andover
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Penitentiary
Wind
Cpeen
Rights of intermarried whites in Cherokee settlement
The article argues the Cherokee constitution grants white adopted people the same rights as citizens. It rejects land share payments as unfair and insists any rights be defined by law and court processes. It notes the tribe extended jurisdiction over intermarried whites and that such vested rights require lawful due process for removal.
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Cherokee Nation
Santa Fe shifts Bartlesville route affecting Collinsville and McFall
Santa Fe buys the defunct Bartlesville right of way and surveys a new line seven and a half miles northwest, bypassing Collinsville and favoring McFall. McFall grows with town plat, improvements, and a new town company led by Lee Jordan and John McFall. Tulsa ties to the shift emerge as coal fields justify the route. E. A. Hitchcock named secretary of interior replacing C. N. Bliss. Kansas gas supply debate noted.
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Collinsville
Santa Fe Railway
Bartlesville
Bartlesville Road
McFall
Santa Fe
Lee Jordan
John McFall
Tulsa
Tulsa Republican
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Tahlequah
Detroit
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J. E Turner
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Okmulgee
Turner
Muskogee
Harsham Spaulding
Fred
John E. Turner
New York
Ohio
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Trumbul County
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Claude
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J. P. Clayton
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Clayton
Dr. Rogers
Maxey
N. W. Smith
Jackson
Tenn
Lula Brooks
Dawes
Henry Dawes
E. A. Hitchcock
St. Louis
C. N. Bliss
Kannee Ike Bilan
W. R. Badgett
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