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Title
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Nations Colliding
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Description
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Article that traces the relationship between the "Five Civilized Tribes" (Cherokees, Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, and Seminoles) in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and the Confederacy during the Civil War. Tribal leaders attempted to use the war as an opportunity to solidify the status of their respective groups as independent nations by aligning with the South. However varying ideas on race and slavery caused divisions within the tribes and "the American Civil War, initially a conflict between two American factions fighting to settle their differing views of nation, thereby became an Indian Civil War that did the same thing."
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2013-09
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Object Type
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Magazine
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The U.S. Army, Indian Agency, and the Path to Assimilation
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Description
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Article on the First Indian Home Guards, a Civil War Union army unit from Kansas consisting of refugee Creeks, Cherokees, Seminoles, Choctaws, and Chickasaws from Indian Territory. Mustered in May 1862 out of the Union�??s desperate need for manpower, the unit clashed with Confederate troops and supporters in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Though they were overseen by white officers, the Native American troops modified military life and practices to fit their needs and culture. The author argues the Home Guard was the last instance in which Native Americans were able to exert some form of autonomy in cooperation with the American military.
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Date
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2013
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Choosing Sides: American Indians Square off in Southwest Missouri
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Description
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A look at Indian involvement in Civil War battles in Missouri which "holds the distinction of having been the stage for the only conflict of the war, the First Battle of Newtonia, in which American Indian units of regimental strength faced each other in combat." The battle took place September 30, 1862. Most Indian involvement with the Civil War though, occurred in Indian Territory. Stand Watie, a slave-holding Indian, lead a group of mixed-race Cherokees and was the only American Indian of the Civil War to attain the rank of general. Watie and some of his men fought also at the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861. Includes a picture of Cherokee Chief John Ross who led the pure-blood Cherokees and advocated neutrality when the war broke out; Stan Watie; and Arkansas lawyer Albert Pike who "was sent into Indian Territory to recruit American Indian tribes for the Southern cause."
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Date
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2008-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Ozarks in Missouri History
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Description
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Brief article on the history of the Ozarks region of Missouri. Beginning with the term "Ozark," the author traces the ways in which geologists, writers, journalists, and historians have explored this "vernacular region." Until the mid-20th century, southern Missouri had largely been overlooked in the narrative of the state's history, and was often characterized and defined by cultural stereotypes. An emphasis on collection-building and establishing new research centers in recent decades has created access to and encouraged the use of numerous collections concerning the history of the Ozarks in a wide range of topics.
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2013-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
