Government in Oklahoma 

   The common mistake people make is to date
Oklahoma as a settled community with the arrival
of the homesteaders.

   Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears brought
the 5 civilized tribes to Oklahoma.

Results of the Trail of Tears

   1.  cost many lives because of bad food supplied
        by greedy government contractors.

   2.  epidemics of smallpox, measles, and cholera

   3.  very hard on the young and the old/ created a
            population imbalance

   4.  Wealthy people in tribes were ruined/ 
            cattle, property lost

   5.  Removal split tribes into splintering groups.

   Recovery from Removal

   Choctaws had greater unity and this helped
                in Indian Territory.

   1.  Choctaws drafted Ok's first written constitution
         which set up a government ruled by three chiefs,
                and a Bill of Rights.

   Creeks were split into upper and lower creeks

   1.  upper creeks  led by Opothleyaholo

   2.  lower creeks led by the McIntosh family

   3.  Creeks divided into towns with local chiefs

   Seminoles were subject to government and
                laws of the Creeks

   4.  In 1859 the Creeks drafted 1st National Constitution.

   Cherokee had difficult time establishing
                                unified government

   1.  Eastern chief John Ross caused problems

   2.  Western Cherokee (early settlers) objected to
            dividing their land with eastern Cherokee

            a.  Western leaders Elias Boudinot, John Ridge,
                    Major Ridge, and Stand Watie

            b.  Ridge's and Boudinot were killed in 1839

            c.  Ross took over leadership of the Cherokee

   3.  National Convention held in Tahlequah they
            wrote a constitution, Bill of Rights

   Chickasaws  and Choctaws separated in 1855

        1.  Chickasaws formed their own government
            and @ Tishomingo, and elected a governor.

   Seminoles did not like living with the Creeks

   1.  In 1856 Seminoles received their own land

   2.  Capital in Wanette led by warrior-chief
            John Jumper

   By 1856 Indian Territory had been divided into
            five semi- independent Indian republics.

Education in Oklahoma /   Pre- Civil War

   Tribal money gained from the sale of eastern lands was used for education.

   1.  A commissioner of education was elected.

   2.  Kindergarten through grammar school

   3.  Scholarships were give to the brightest.

   4.  Missionaries established schools

   Samuel Austin Worchester
was best known missionary.

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.