Dunn, J.E. Indian Territory: A Commonwealth. Indianapolis: American Printing Company, 1904.

8vo. Numerous illustrations from photographs, large folding map at rear (scattered tears). Original pictorial grey cloth stamped in blue and red (lettering to spine rubbed, a few minor spots of discoloration).

FIRST EDITION. One of the final promotional endeavors to bolster the "Indian Territory" cause for statehood.

Prior to statehood, much of present-day Oklahoma was designated as Indian Territory, a vast region set aside by the United States government during the nineteenth century for the forced relocation of Native American nations, most notably the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole peoples following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears. Though intended as a permanent Indigenous homeland, the territory was gradually opened to non-Native settlement through land runs, railroad expansion, and federal allotment policies in the late nineteenth century. On November 16, 1907, Indian Territory and neighboring Oklahoma Territory were formally combined and admitted to the Union as the state of Oklahoma, becoming the 46th state.

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Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

Dunn, J.E. Indian Territory: A Commonwealth. Indianapolis: American Printing Company, 1904.

Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

Dunn, J.E. Indian Territory: A Commonwealth. Indianapolis: American Printing Company, 1904.

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