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Indian Territory and the Indian Territories are terms that generally described an evolving land area set aside by the United States government for the relocation of Native Americans who held original Indian title to their land as an independent nation-state.
6 days ago · Indian Territory, originally “all of that part of the United States west of the Mississippi, and not within the States of Missouri and Louisiana, or the Territory of Arkansas.”. Never an organized territory, it was soon restricted to the present state of Oklahoma, excepting the panhandle and Greer.
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May 23, 2018 · Learn about the creation, relocation, and dissolution of Indian Territory, a land set aside for Native American peoples in the 1800s. Explore the tribes, conflicts, and challenges that shaped the history of this region, now part of Oklahoma.
Jan 15, 2010 · A region conceived as "the Indian country" was specified in 1825 as all the land lying west of the Mississippi. Eventually, the Indian country or the Indian Territory would encompass the present states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and part of Iowa. In actuality, the Indian Removal process had begun by treaties soon after 1800.
May 28, 2024 · Location: Indian Territory. United States. (Show more) Participants: Cherokee.
- The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation during the 1830s of Indigenous peoples of the Southeast region of the United States (including the Che...
- The routes used by Indigenous people as part of the Trail of Tears consisted of several overland routes and one main water route that stretched som...
- According to estimates based on tribal and military records, approximately 100,000 Indigenous people were forced from their homes during the Trail...
Jul 3, 2024 · Indian Territory. In the early nineteenth century a movement began in the United States to remove Indian tribes from their ancestral lands in the rapidly developing eastern states and settle them in the newly acquired lands west of the Mississippi River.
1 day ago · India, country that occupies the greater part of South Asia. It is made up of 28 states and eight union territories, and its national capital is New Delhi, built in the 20th century just south of the historic hub of Old Delhi to serve as India’s administrative center.
