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=== Records of Indian Lands  ===
=== Records of Indian Lands  ===


By the 1830s, the U.S. Government had begun moving many Native Americans from the southeastern states to Indian Territory. Each tribe had their own reservations, governments (called “Nations”), and capitals. Many tribal members received individual land allotments (see [[Indians of Oklahoma|Indians of Oklahoma]]). Treaties in 1866 and later years realigned boundaries of the Indian reservations and created the “Unassigned Lands” in central Oklahoma.  
By the 1830s, the U.S. Government had begun moving many Native Americans from the southeastern states to Indian Territory. Each tribe had their own reservations, governments (called “Nations”), and capitals. Many tribal members received individual land allotments (see the [[Oklahoma Native Races|“Native Races”]] section of this outline). Treaties in 1866 and later years realigned boundaries of the Indian reservations and created the “Unassigned Lands” in central Oklahoma.  


=== Federal Land Records  ===
=== Federal Land Records  ===
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=== '''Land lotteries'''  ===
=== '''Land lotteries'''  ===


Other western reservation lands were distributed through a land lottery in 1901, and at an auction in 1906. Those who obtained land in the lottery of 1901 are listed in Julie Peterson Hinton, and Louise F. Wilcox, ''El Reno District 1901 Land Lottery: Index to Names of Homesteaders Filings''. El Reno, Oklahoma: J. P. Hinton, 1985. (Family History Library film 1,321,059 item 2.)  
Other western reservation lands were distributed through a land lottery in 1901, and at an auction in 1906. Those who obtained land in the lottery of 1901 are listed in Julie Peterson Hinton, and Louise F. Wilcox, ''El Reno District 1901 Land Lottery: Index to Names of Homesteaders Filings''. El Reno, Oklahoma: J. P. Hinton, 1985. (FHL book 976.6 R22h; film 1,321,059 item 2.)  


=== '''Records of the land offices'''  ===
=== '''Records of the land offices'''  ===
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=== '''Maps'''  ===
=== '''Maps'''  ===


One of the best books of maps for Oklahoma is John Wesley Morris, Charles R. Goins, and Edwin C. McReynolds, ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'', 3rd ed. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. (Family History Library film 1,000,357 item 3.)  
One of the best books of maps for Oklahoma is John Wesley Morris, Charles R. Goins, and Edwin C. McReynolds, ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'', 3rd ed. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. (FHL book 976.6 E3m 1986; 1965 edition on film 1,000,357 item 3.)  


The [http://libraries.ou.edu/ University of Oklahoma] and [http://www.library.okstate.edu/ Oklahoma State Universit]y have large collections of maps and atlases.  
The [http://libraries.ou.edu/ University of Oklahoma] and [http://www.library.okstate.edu/ Oklahoma State Universit]y have large collections of maps and atlases.  


<br>The Family History Library has several maps, including some of the Indian Territory. <!--{12089994712091} --><!--{12089994712092} -->
The Family History Library has several maps, including some of the Indian Territory.  


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