Indian Territory and the United States, 1866-1906: Courts, Government, and the Movement for Oklahoma Statehood (LEGAL HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA)

An innovative reappraisal of federal courts in Indian territory, showing how the US Congress used judicial reform to suppress the Five Tribes' governments and clear the way for Oklahoma statehood. Burton draws on federal and tribal archives to trace the changing relationship between the federal government and the Indian republics from the post-Civil War Reconstruction treaties to the Enabling Act that carried Oklahoma to the threshold of statehood. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.