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=== History === | === History === | ||
In 1830, the United States Congress passed the | In 1830, the United States Congress passed the [[American Indian Removal Records|Indian Removal Act]] of 1830". The removal (ethnic cleansing) was intended to move Indians of the Muscogee (Creek), Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole, and Choctaw nations from their communally owned tribal homelands in the South Eastern United States to areas that had been designated as Indian Territory in what is now eastern Oklahoma. Other small bands of Indians were also moved along with both Jewish and Christian Americans of European descent, slaves, and African American freedmen. Native Americans and freedmen who owned private, individually owned lands were not subject to the Removal Act.<br> | ||
=== Historical === | === Historical === | ||