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From: "Darlene Beaver" <>
Subject: Re: [OKGEN ] Re:1810 OK burial
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 19:07:57 -0600
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Amen Jack....
Darlene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Johnson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [OKGEN ] Re:1810 OK burial


> That is the short form I could go on and on about the Injustices that our
> government has brought against the native Americans and it isn't all
history
> either it is still happening even as I write this.
> Jack
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R.L. York" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 3:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [OKGEN ] Re:1810 OK burial
>
>
> > And that's enough to make the blood boil. I still don't understand why
> > jackson's face is on the 20 dollar bill. Another slap in the face to
the
> > First Nations.
> >
> > I would hope these truths are starting to be taught. That is the only
way
> > it won't happen again.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jack Johnson" <>
> >
> >
> >
> > > President Thomas Jefferson had made the Louisiana purchase in 1803,
> Just
> > 7
> > > years prior to the burial date you mentioned. Oklahoma was a part of
> that
> > > purchase.
> > > At that point in time there was no Oklahoma, just a vast wilderness
> whose
> > > only occupants were various tribes of native Americans Most of which
> were
> > > nomadic and driven here from regions in the north in search of better
> > > hunting grounds. There was not much here until the late 1820's and
early
> > > 1830's when under great pressure from affluent white cotton growers
who
> > > wanted the rich farming lands in the south owned by the native
> Americans,
> > > President Andrew Jackson mandated that all native Americans be removed
> to
> > an
> > > area that was to become known as Indian Territory.and later, on Nov
16,
> > 1907
> > > Oklahoma became the 46th state of the union
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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