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page 1Native American history of Oklahoma
Five Civilized Tribes
group of Native Americans in the southeastern US (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek (Muscogee), Seminole) regarded by white people as ‘civilized’ due to adoption of attributes of Anglo-American culture
Indian Territory
unorganized territory of the United States

Kickapoo
Great Sioux War of 1876
battles and negotiations between the US and the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne between 1876–1877
Oklahoma Territory
territory of the USA between 1890-1907
Santa Fe Trail
transportation route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dawes Act
US legislative act regulating Native American tribal lands
Battle of Washita River
1868 battle between the 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle’s Southern Cheyenne
Osage Indian murders
a series of murders of Osage Indians in Osage County, Oklahoma
Fort Sill
United States Armed Forces Training Station
Comancheria
Comancheria (, 'Comanche land'; ), also known as the Comanche Empire, was a large country covering modern New Mexico, West Texas, and nearby areas that was occupied by the Comanche before the 1860s. The historian Pekka Hämäläinen has argued that Comancheria formed an empire at its peak, and that view has been echoed by other historians.
Spiro Mounds
archaeological site in Oklahoma, United States of America
Tamaroa tribe
Native American ethnic group
Fort Gibson
fort in Oklahoma
Apacheria
Apachería was the term used to designate the region of the various Apache countries. The earliest written records have it as a region extending from north of the Arkansas River into what are now the northern states of Mexico and from Central Texas through New Mexico to Central Arizona.
Potawatomi Trail of Death
forced removal by militia in 1838 of members of the Potawatomi nation from Indiana
Coles Creek culture
Late Woodland archaeological culture in Lower Mississippi valley, United States
Choctaw Horse
American horse breed
Northern Cheyenne Exodus
attempt of the Northern Cheyenne to return to the north
Oklahoma Girl Scout murders
unsolved murder case of three girl scouts who were raped and murdered in the early hours of June 13th 1977 in Oklahoma
Fort Smith National Historic Site
US National Historic Site in Arkansas