USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Trail of Tears The treaty required the Cherokee Nation to exchange its national lands for a parcel in the “Indian Territory” and to relocate there within two years. This parcel, set aside by Congress in 1834, was located in what is now Oklahoma.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian Territory, originally “all of that part of the United States west of the Mississippi, and not within the States of Missouri and Louisiana, or the Territory of Arkansas.” Never an organized territory, it was soon restricted to the present state of Oklahoma, excepting the panhandle and Greer county.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Western part of the country is home to the highest concentration of Native Americans in the U.S., according to an analysis by USAFacts. Native Americans account for more than 10% of the population in Alaska, Oklahoma, New Mexico and South Dakota.

Detailed explanation-4: -An 1834 Trade Act further defined “the Indian country” as all that part of the United States west of the Mississippi and not within the states of Missouri, Louisiana, or Arkansas Territory, or any other organized territory.