Taming Indian Territory

Light horse policemen kept the peace in Indian Territory after the Civil War.

Outlaws and criminals in Indian Territory
Many well-known criminals
used Indian Territory as a
hideout. Belle Starr, the Younger Brothers, and Ned Christie the Indian bandit.

Watch Hanging Technology of Judge Parker 12min video:

 
 Isaac Parker "the
hanging Judge" was
brought in to restore
 law and order.

    1.  Over 9,000 criminals went    
through his court.
  2.  160 were convicted and hanged at Fort Smith

Read p 217.  What was a typical day like
                             in Parker's court.

Breaking up the Nations  

Read p 220 "Breaking up the Nations". 

What did the Supreme Court rule in the
Cherokee Tobacco Case?  What did this mean?
No new treaties with Indian tribes, all Indians are now subject to the laws of Congress.

Watch Geronimo 2 min video:

Dawes Allotment Act
        1.  provided for the end of tribal   'ownership in common' of Indian lands and 
required each Indian to accept  an allotment of 160 acres

        Dawes Commission went to Indian Territory to persuade 5 Civilized Tribes to submit

    1.  Most of the tribes submitted.  Cherokee full bloods formed a secret society called Keetoowah.

    2.  Creeks resisted allotments and whipped Creeks who accepted allotments.

        Another road block to statehood was the existence of the 5 Civilized Tribes Government.   

   Curtis Act :  All Indians are subject to federal government

Charles Curtis

He served in the U.S. Congress (1892-1906), where he championed Native American rights to self-government with the Curtis Act (1898).

 Indian citizens  wanted three things before statehood? own land, educate their children,
voice in government

        State of Sequoyah :  There was a movement to   make an all Indian State called Sequoyah

    1.  Congress did not make a State of Sequoyah, rather 
  2.  Twin Territories  joined to make 
                    one state of Oklahoma

    3.  Hamilton Statehood Bill joined the two territories

    4.  Ok Enabling Act 1906 called for the people of Oklahoma to elect delegates to draft a state constitution.
 

Photo Credits : 

Light Horse Police:       Oklahoma: The History of An American State p 215

Ned Christie:                www.cherokee.org/culture/ images/nedChristie.jpg

Parker Court House:  Oklahoma: The History of An American State p 217

Isaac Parker :                www.wildlifetexas.com/shop/ images/images_big/..

Hanging Noose:              http://www.leasingnews.org/items/hanging_noose.jpg

Cherokee Tobacco:        http://www.tobaccobymail.com/images/CHEROKEE_FF.jpg

Dawes Commission:       http://buy.overstock.com/images/products/bnt/FC091648985X.JPG

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.