Delaware Nation of Oklahoma : (Oklahoma Social Studies Standards, OSDE)

              1 July 2014
OKLAHOMA INDIAN TRIBE EDUCATION GUIDE
Delaware Nation of Oklahoma (Oklahoma Social Studies Standards, OSDE)
Tribe: Delaware Nation, (deləweə(r)) Oklahoma Tribal website(s): http://www.delawarenation.com/
1. Migration/movement/forced removal
Oklahoma History C3 Standard 2.3 “Integrate visual and textual evidence to explain the reasons for and trace the migrations of Native American peoples including the Five Tribes into present-day Oklahoma, the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and tribal resistance to the forced relocations.”
Oklahoma History C3 Standard 2.7 “Compare and contrast multiple points of view to evaluate the impact of the Dawes Act which resulted in the loss of tribal communal lands and the redistribution of lands by various means including land runs as typified by the Unassigned Lands and the Cherokee Outlet, lotteries, and tribal allotments.”
• Original Homeland - Northeast United States;
• Migration- New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Pennsylvania > Indiana, Ohio, Missouri > Map page 2 & 3, “Oklahoma Indian Country Guide”
• Forced removal- Kansas , Arkansas > Spanish Texas > Southwestern Oklahoma.
o Reservation 1874-1875
o Treaties (First treaty between U.S. and an Indian Nation; additional treaties)
• Location In Oklahoma - Southwest Oklahoma; 2 miles North of Anadarko, OK
Condensed Timeline
1778- The Delaware signed the first Indian treaty with the new United States
1793- Main body of the Delaware Tribe resides along the White River (present Indiana), another group crosses the Mississippi River into Spanish Missouri, receiving a land grant, near present Cape Girardeau, Missiouri
1818- White River Delaware were removed to SW Missiouri; the Cape Girardeau Delaware had already immigrated to N Arkansas
1820- Cape Girardeau Delaware became known as Absentee Delaware and entered