Yeah, there's a reason it's Oklahoma. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 essentially forced the vast majority of tribes east of the Mississippi to move west of it. A lot of tribes wound up in eastern Oklahoma and Kansas. Most of the focus of that act was on the five "civilized" tribes who were in Southern states, but it happened everywhere. Some tribes just went more easily than others.
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Date: 2010-12-07 02:22 pm (UTC)