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Website
New York Public Library

In Motion: African American Migration Experience: Migration to Oklahoma

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger site highlighting African-American migration, this site focuses on successful African-American settlements in Oklahoma Territory, which declined after Oklahoma statehood and the introduction of Jim Crow laws.
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Primary
Other

Kansas History: The Last Land Rush

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the land rush onto the Cherokee Strip, land sold by the Cherokees to the U.S. government in 1891.
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Handout
Other

Ok Gen Web: Oklahoma Land Openings (1889 1907)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief explanation of the opening of Indian Territory land to white settlement in what became known as the Oklahoma Territory in 1889. Many links are provided for additional information.