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This is what Oklahoma was initially meant to be. There were even talks of having two Native American states in the united states, the other being Sequoia I thin
by tyre 6y ago
This is what Oklahoma was initially meant to be. There were even talks of having two Native American states in the united states, the other being Sequoia I think. Then the US renegged on those promises, land was given to railroad companies, and flooded colonists.
In many ways we're seeing the same thing with Tibet and China. It's horrific.
- jcranmer 6y agoOklahoma was originally all Indian territory, and reserved for future allotment of reservations. The western half of Oklahoma was (mostly) never assigned, and instead opened up to white settlers in a variety of land rushes, relegating Indian territory to the land already allotted to reservations in the eastern half. That rump Indian territory applied to be a state as the Sequoyah, but it was turned down, so it was merged with Oklahoma territory to become the State of Oklahoma.