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

Water rights give edge to Indians

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-13: Historic Indian Materials · Page 8.5
Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-13: Historic Indian Materials
Page 8.5
Material type
Article (Photograph / Image)
Date
NA
Description
Article on how when whites bought land from Indians, they believed they were also getting all of the resources on the land. Indians can count on water as a resource, but the purchasers of the land cannot.
Author or creator
Scott Canon
Publication or source
NA
Subjects and names
George Hunker, Wes Martel

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