1907

Oklahoma statehood after allotment

Oklahoma; Native nations and their citizens

Statehood followed the division and transfer of much Indigenous land and the weakening of governmental institutions. Indigenous nations survived despite policies seeking their absorption.

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Context / qualification

Statehood did not erase all reservations or tribal governments as a matter of law.

Sources

• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 8

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