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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1901
Page
2
A broad Cherokee Nation update covers land allotment talks, statehood timing, and political clashes in Indian Territory. References to a looming November council, Dawes Commission efforts, and December US court sessions in Vinita highlight governance, oil rights, and upcoming changes.
The interior department blocked mineral leases negotiated with Creek nations, suspending all oil and coal development as the Crook treaty rights are reviewed. The move delays patents to allottees, affecting capital invested by firms in Kansas City and St. Louis and other western centers as Creek selections await federal approval.
Judge Honea Townsend of the southern district of Indian Territory faces nonreappointment after his term expired Saturday. Ex-Congressman Pugh of Kentucky is a candidate. Dawes Commission reports spark speculation on Cherokee enrollment and land division still unfinished as eligibility for allotment remains unresolved.
The Dawes commission moved into the United States courtroom Tuesday to take testimony in the freedmen cases during May. Breckridge commands the advance guard and quarterly staff arrange quarters. Nordlow is due this afternoon to assume command. A Kansas woman circulates a petition for executive clemency for aosinamin Ceo gore, arguing it would be inappropriate for Indian Territory to petition the president.
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