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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 | 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. | ||
=== Federal Land Records === | === Federal Land Records === | ||
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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.) | 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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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} --> | |||
The Family History Library has several maps, including some of the Indian Territory. | <!--{12089994712092} --> | ||
[[Category:Oklahoma]] | [[Category:Oklahoma]] | ||