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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: The Sequoyah statehood movement and the Indian fight for sovereignty Abstract: In 1905, delegates from across Indian Territory met in Muskogee to write a constitution for the proposed Indian state of Sequoyah. The purpose and goals of the convention primarily expressed Indian concerns: the imminent abolition of their tribal governments and the joint admission of Indian and Oklahoma Territories to the United States. At the time of their removal from the Southeast, these tribes had been promised a territory--and eventually, a state--where their nations could develop without the encroachment of the expanding United States. This promise went unfulfilled as the federal government lost interest in preserving the autonomy of Indian nations within its expanding borders and instead scheduled their termination. To withstand this latest threat, the Indian nations drew upon a long history of resisting the federal government's demand that they disappear. If necessary, they would enter the Union as American citizens, but they intended to enter with their rights intact. Though Sequoyah never became a state, it opened the door for an Indian presence in state politics and left an important legacy in the Oklahoma state constitution. |
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