They moved to Indian Territory in eastern selections of present day Oklahoma.
Making land available for white miners and farmers
The Chickasaw Nation was forcibly relocated by the US federal government to Indian Territory, which is now Oklahoma. They are headquartered in Ada, Oklahoma.
it was Indian territory.
Oklahoma
They moved to Indian Territory in eastern selections of present day Oklahoma.
Because that was the area designated by Congress to be the territory into which Indian tribes were to be relocated.
Before the outbreak of the war the United States government relocated all soldiers in INdian Territory.
Before the outbreak of the war the United States government relocated all soldiers in INdian Territory.
to make land available for white miners and farmers
Making land available for white miners and farmers
The Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole and Muskogee-Creek nations were forcibly relocated from the American South to Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma).
The eastern part of the state of Oklahoma is land that was designated Indian Territory, to which many indigenous tribes of the Southeastern states were relocated. An earlier form, Indian Country, included parts of several states along the Mississippi River.
The Chickasaw Nation was forcibly relocated by the US federal government to Indian Territory, which is now Oklahoma. They are headquartered in Ada, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma
it was Indian territory.
The original Cherokee consisted of the Cherokee people of the Qualla Boundary, those who relocated voluntarily from the southeastern United States to the Indian Territory; those who were forced by the United States government to relocate by way of the Trail of Tear.