1st Edition
Townsite Settlement and Dispossession in the Cherokee Nation, 1866-1907
By Brad A. Bays
Copyright 1998
296 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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In response to the influx of white settlement after the Civil War, the Cherokee nation devised a regional development plan which allowed whites to establish farms and build towns while reinforcing Cherokee tribal sovereignty over the territory. The presence of sizeable towns and numerous villages presented a legal conundrum for Congress when it legislated away Cherokee sovereignty at the turn of... Read more
List of Tables, List of Illustrations, Preface, Acknowledgments, I Introduction, II Postbellum Land and Life, III Initial Cherokee Policy and Early Townsites, IV Economy, Population, Jurisdiction, and Town Building, 1875-1885, V Politics, Economy, and Cherokee Townsite Development, 1885-1895, VI Establishment of Federal Control, 1896-1902, VII Federal Policy and the Alienation of Cherokee Townsites, 1902-1907, VIII Conclusions, Selected Bibliography, Index
Biography
Brad A. Bays
"Detailed and informative,"Townsite Settlement and Dispossession in the Cherokee Nation, 1866-1907"(Garland Publishing, $60) examines how the U.S. government-"through persuasion, coercion, and outright imposition"-divided up commonly held reservation land and properties in hte last third of the 19th century.
Brad A. Bay's astute focus is on the townsite settlement and disposesession of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma."
