United States – Oklahoma
James Coody Johnson (1864-1927)
James Coody Johnson was an African Creek lawyer, politician and entrepreneur, and a leading voice for inclusion of African Americans...
Island Smith (1877-?)
Island Smith was a celebrated African Creek native healer (or root doctor) who practiced his art in the hinterlands southwest...
First Indian Home Guard Regiment (1862-1865)
The First Indian Home Guard Regiment was a tri-racial Union regiment first organized in Kansas in May 1862. The regiment...
Emancipation Day (August 4th)
On August 4, 1865, the Loyal Creek Council formally declared that African Creeks would be considered full citizens of the...
(1915) Guinn v. United States: The Grandfather Clause
OPINION IN GUINN v. UNITED STATES JUDGES: White, McKenna, Holmes, Day, Hughes, Van Devanter, Lamar, Pitney; McReynolds took no part...
(1882)The Memorial of the Chickasaw Freedmen
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America: The undersigned, your memorialists, respectfully...
(1887) Dawes Severalty Act
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That...
(1866) U.S. Treaty with the Seminole Nation
Mar. 21, 1866. Ratified, July 19, 1866. Proclaimed, Aug. 16, 1866. Whereas existing, treaties between the United States and the...
(1866) U.S. Treaty With The Creek Nation
June 14, 1866, Ratified July 19, 1866, Proclaimed Aug. 11, 1866 PREAMBLE Whereas existing treaties between the United States and...
