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Phillips Pamphlet Manuscript Collection

Coverage: 
1820–1978
Source: 
Printed materials, 8 feet

Description
Pamphlet collection. Pamphlets (1820–1978) containing information on U.S. government-tribal relations, and U.S. government Indian policy. Materials include memorials from Indian delegations concerning allotment, land transfer, and per capita payments; tribal agreements with the Dawes Commission; annual messages of Indian nations; legal cases argued before the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court; and annual reports of the Board of Indian Commissioners. Other pamphlets concern Oklahoma statehood, mining and oil and gas rights on Indian lands, railroads in Indian Territory, and claims of Old Settler Cherokees.