Settlers Given Vast Indian Lands - Chronicle of the 20th
August 9, 1901: "Oklahoma Territory has grown by 2,080,000acres overnight, and a lucky 6,500 homesteaders have staked their claims. Federal agents acquired the fertile land South of the Cimarron River, from the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache for $2 million...The land would have been available to the public sooner if the Indians living on the eastern half of the territory had not known their rights and exercised them so well." - Chronicle of the 20th
Recommended podcast:
America's Sins Against the Indians, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Recommended video:
One Tin Soldier: The Legend of Billy Jack
Recommended reading:
August 9, 1901: "Oklahoma Territory has grown by 2,080,000acres overnight, and a lucky 6,500 homesteaders have staked their claims. Federal agents acquired the fertile land South of the Cimarron River, from the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache for $2 million...The land would have been available to the public sooner if the Indians living on the eastern half of the territory had not known their rights and exercised them so well." - Chronicle of the 20th
Recommended podcast:
America's Sins Against the Indians, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Recommended video:
One Tin Soldier: The Legend of Billy Jack
Recommended reading:
John Grisham's book, The Whistler, centers around a crooked judge, organized crime, and a casino, Here is an excerpt from this great book:
"'You've spoiled me, Claudia, and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to find another judge so easily corruptible.'
'Let's hope not.'
'Getting religion in your later years?'
'No, I'm just tired of working. I had to take a child away from its mother today...So as she's leaving, the mother announces in open court, 'Hey, no big deal, I'm already pregnant again.'
'What an awful way to make a buck.'
'I'm tired of it. Stealing from the Indians is much more enjoyable.'"
