USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This is the story of the removal of the Cherokee Nation from its ancestral homeland in parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama to land set aside for American Indians in what is now the state of Oklahoma.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian Territory, which occupied all Oklahoma minus the panhandle, was almost 44 million acres of fertile rolling prairies, rivers and groves of enormous trees. Several Indian nations already lived in the area, including the Apache, Arapaho, Comanche, Kiowa, Osage and Wichita.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most of their ancestors were forced from their land in the Southeast and Northern regions of the United States and resettled in Indian Territory-present day Oklahoma.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Shawnee and Delaware ceded lands in Missouri for land in Kansas. The Kaskaskia and Peoria ceded lands in Illinois and Missouri. The small nations of Stockbridge, Munsee, Brotherton, and New York Oneida ceded lands. These nations in particular relocated in the northeast corner of Indian Territory.

Detailed explanation-5: -A total of 67 tribal nations have called Oklahoma home, creating a captivating blend of cultures. While many of those tribes were relocated to Oklahoma in the 19th century, the state’s rich American Indian history extends back in time 30, 000 years.