indian territory

     

The Inian Territory, also known as The Indian Country, The Indian territory or the Indian territories, was land set aside within the United States for the use of Native Americans. The general borders were set by the Indian Intercourse Act of 1834. It was more properly "Indian territory" (lower-case T) than "Indian Territory" (capital T) because the name referred to the unorganized lands set aside for Native Americans, as opposed to an organized territory meant for settlement by Europeans.

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  • Once defined as most of the U.S. west of the Mississippi, it shrank to most of present-day Oklahoma
  • At the turn of the century, the area was divided into 2 territories: Oklahoma & this
  • 1890s U.S. maps showed the twin territories, Oklahoma Territory & this

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