"In the Beginning" by Fred Olds. From postcard from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum.

Chief speaks out following President's remarks

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III: · Page 6.3
Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 6.3
Material type
Newspaper Clippings (Newspaper / Clipping)
Description
President Reagan told a group of Moscow University Students that," The American Government 'humored' American Indian People by putting them on reservations rather than integrating them with the rest of society". Many American Indians were forcefully removed from their homeland due to federal policy that systematically denied their ancestral land.
Author or creator
Wilma P. Mankiller
Subjects and names
President Reagan, American Indian People, American History, Indian Removal, Indian Tribes, Cherokee Nation, Federal Policy, Cherokees

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