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bobbieinok

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10. In Civil War the Five Civiiized Tribes sided with the Confederacy

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 11:09 AM

Jun 2020

They had been forcibly settled in the eastern part of what is now Oklahoma. It was called Indian Territory. Tulsa is located in what was Indian Territory.

General Stand Watie, a Cherokee slave holder in the Territory, was the only Native American Confederate general.

The Five Civilized tribes are the Creek, the Cherokee, the Chickashaw, the Choctaw, and the Seminole

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