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Indian Removal Act
law signed on May 28, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson
Indian Territory
unorganized territory of the United States
Grayson
town in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States
Taft
town in Oklahoma
Lima
town in Oklahoma, United States
Redbird
town in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States
Summit
town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States
Oklahoma Territory
territory of the USA between 1890-1907
Indian removal
early 19th-century United States domestic policy involving forced resettlement of indigenous peoples
State of Sequoyah
attempt in the early 20th century by Native Americans to form their own state in the United States
Fort Sill
United States Armed Forces Training Station
history of Oklahoma
history of the U.S. state of Oklahoma
Fort Gibson
fort in Oklahoma
Cherokee Outlet
Nonintercourse Act
collective name given to six statutes to set Amerindian boundaries of reservations, instituted between 1790 and 1834
Abihka
Abihka was one of the four mother towns of the Muscogee Creek confederacy. Its precise location is presently unknown.
Johnson v. M'Intosh
1823 United States Supreme Court case
Sooners
right|thumb|375px|Unassigned Lands – 1885 Sooners is the name given to settlers who entered the Unassigned Lands illegally in what is now the state of Oklahoma before the official start of the Land Rush of 1889. The Unassigned Lands were a part of Indian Territory that, after a lobbying campaign, were to be opened to American settlement in 1889. President Benjamin Harrison officially proclaimed the Unassigned Lands open to settlement on April 22, 1889. As people lined up around the borders of the Oklahoma District, they waited for the official opening. It was not until noon that it officially