And Still the Waters Run: The Betrayal of the Five Civilized Tribes

THIRD PRINTING. 1989 University of Oklahoma Press trade paperback, Angie Debo (A History of the Indians of the United States). This classic work tells the tragic story of the spoliation of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole nations at the turn of the last century in what is now the state of Oklahoma. After their earlier forced removal from traditional lands in the southeastern states--culminating in the devastating 'trail of tears' march of the Cherokees--these five so-called Civilized Tribes held federal land grants in perpetuity, or "as long as the waters run, as long as the grass grows."