History of Indian Territory - The Five Civilized Tribes - Lawless Frontier

Описание: This episode is from the 3 Part Series I did on Indian Territory, so if you hear, in the last episode or next episode, that is why but it focuses on the Five Civilized Tribes — the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole. Each nation had its own customs, traditions, and ways of life, and to avoid confusion, we examine each tribe individually rather than blending their stories together.

While many of their experiences followed similar patterns — treaties, land loss, and forced removal — this episode focuses on the unique hardships each tribe endured and the paths that ultimately led them west. Although some removals occurred before 1830, the primary focus is on the events following the Indian Removal Act and the forced relocation of these nations to what would become Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma.

After that, I dive into why Indian Territory became so lawless, some famous Gangs & Outlaws and the Lawmen tasked with bringing Law to the Lawless Frontier.

#IndianTerritory #Cherokeehistory #Muscogeehistory #Chickasawhistory #choctawhistory #semniolehistory #fivecivilizedtribes

Visit Cherokee Nation
Link; https://visitcherokeenation.com

The Indian Removal Act, May 28, 1830. (General Records of the United States Government, National Archives)

Cherokee Trail of Tears Artwork
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/a...

Corn Woman
https://glitternight.com/2013/03/05/t...

Upper & Lower Creeks
https://georgiastudies.gpb.org/c10-s2

Oglethorpe with Creek Indians
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Creek Council House
Photo by Jack Hillers, National Archives, 75-IP-1-49

Muscogee Nation Mound Building
Photo by; Rdlogan05

Green Corn Cermony
https://www.allcreation.org/home/gree...

College of the Muscogee Nation
Photo by; David Dugan

Chickasaw Ancestral Lands
https://www.inkana.org

Chickasaw Village
Photo by; Duane Hall
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=84809

Chickasaw Tribal “Stomp” Dance
Larry D. Moore

Treaty of San Lorenzo or Pinckney’s Treaty of 1795
Map by; Drdpw

Mississippi Territory Map
Map by; Starscream

Removal Map (44:12-44:44)
Map by Savages and Scoundrels

Chickasaw Removal
Photo from; https://www.chickasaw.tv/events/removal

Sequoyah Convention
https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/cultu...
Courtesy Oklahoma Historical Society

Governor Bill Anoatubby
Murray State College

Photo from Byng, Oklahoma
Chickasaw Annual Meeting & Festival

Nanih Waya
Ditch Fisher

Treaty of Hopewell
https://www.chickasaw.tv/events/hopew...

Choctaw Class
“These Choctaw students are taking a break from their lessons, standing outside of their wooden school building with their teacher.”
https://www.everyculture.com/multi/Bu...

Choctaw Constitution
https://www.choctawnation.com/news/it...

Removals
https://education.nationalgeographic....

Choctaw Removal
https://www.choctawnation.com/news/it...

Indian Territory Maps
https://www.okhistory.org/research/re...

Choctaw Senate
https://www.okhistory.org/publication...

Wheellock Academy
Wheelock student body, ca. 1921
(20600.9, Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection, OHS).
https://www.okhistory.org/publication...

The Calvin Institute
Photo from the Burke Library Archives of Columbia
https://www.choctawnation.com/news/it....

Seminole Historical Range
https://floridaseminoletourism.com/th...

Turtle Mound near New Smyrna Beach
“An Indian Town, Residence of a Chief”
https://www.floridamemory.com/learn/e...

Greater Seminole Oil Field
https://www.okhistory.org/publication...

Seminole Constitution
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/G...

"The Partnership Between VVA and the Seminole Tribe of Florida”
https://vva.org/programs/minority-aff...

Seminole Tribe of Florida
https://www.fsu.edu/seminole-tribe/cu...

Link to Andy Thomas’s Shop; https://andythomasdesigns.com

Chapters
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:40 The Five Civilized Tribes
0:01:48 Cherokee
0:20:04 Muscogee/Creek
0:33:00 Chickasaw
0:49:30 Choctaw
1:07:12 Seminole
1:24:41 Battles
1:31:22 The Courts
1:41:00 Infamous Outlaws
1:51:18 Famous Lawmen