Our National Problem: The Sad Condition of the Oklahoma Indians (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Moorehead, Warren K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332174531 ISBN 13: 9781332174539

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

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Excerpt from Our National Problem: The Sad Condition of the Oklahoma Indians For a number of years, those of us who have kept in touch with the Indian situation generally in the United States have known that a very bad condition obtained among the Indians known as the Five Civilized Tribes, and living in the State of Oklahoma. On May 17th, 1912, the Chairman of the Board of Indian Com missioners, Honorable George Yaux, Jr., visited Oklahoma and spent some time traveling through the Cherokee, Creek and Seminole countries. He was accompanied by Dana H.Kelsey, Esq., superintendent of the Union Indian Agency, having in charge the Five Civilized Tribes. Air. Vaux sfindings were published in the 43 rd Annual Report of the Board, 1912. Briefly, he finds that while some of the Indians are progressive and well to do, the bulk of them are in far from satisfactory condition. Mr. Vaux, in addition to his able report on the situation, spoke at some length at the Conference of the Friends of the In dian and Other Dependent Peoples, at Lake Mohonk, in October, 1912. He advocated more protection for our wards. Desiring to study the Oklahoma situation in its broader aspects, I visited Oklahoma in March, 1913, in company with J.Weston Allen, Esq., who represented the Boston Indian Citizenship Commit tee and other organizations. We spent considerable time not only in consultation with various Government officials and private citizens, but also in driving over the Creek, Seminole and Cherokee countries. Mr. Allen remained after I returned east, and drove many miles through the region inhabited by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, and made a report to me on the situation as he found it. Exclusive of railway travel, our overland trips about the state totalled some 6 oc miles. Both of us took numerous photographs showing the actual conditions under which the Indians are living. It is neither a pleasure nora personal satisfaction to me to present to the American public so sad a story as i

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Excerpt from Our National Problem: The Sad Condition of the Oklahoma Indians

For a number of years, those of us who have kept in touch with the Indian situation generally in the United States have known that a very bad condition obtained among the Indians known as the Five Civilized Tribes, and living in the State of Oklahoma.

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• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1332174531
• ISBN 13: 9781332174539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48