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A state of the United States. |
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A state of the United States. |
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Oklahoma was inhabited by Native American tribes including the Caddo. |
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Oklahoma was inhabited by Native American tribes including the Caddo?. The name Oklahoma comes from the language of the Choctaw people, who came in the 1830s. "Okla" roughly means "the people" and "homa" means "red". |
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In the 1500s Spanish explorers somehow managed to stumble through on their way to somewhere important. |
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In distant times Oklahoma was inhabited by Native American tribes including the Caddo. Descendents of these people still live in Oklahoma. |
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Later on Oklahoma was part of the vast territorial swapping going on between the European imperialists such as France, England, and Spain. |
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In the 1500s Spanish explorers somehow managed to stumble through on their way to somewhere important. |
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In the 1830s Oklahoma served as the "relocation camp" for the policy of Indian Removal started by Andrew Jackson. The end of the trail of tears was "Indian Territory". There were already many tribes living in the territory, whites, and escaped slaves as well. |
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Later on Oklahoma was part of the vast territorial swapping going on between the European imperialists such as France, England, and Spain. In the 1830s Oklahoma served as the "relocation camp" for the policy of Indian Removal started by Andrew Jackson. The end of the trail of tears (Tsa La Gi) was "Indian Territory". There were already many tribes living in the territory, whites, and escaped slaves as well. |
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Furthermore the practice of slavery was outlawed. Some nations were integrated racially and otherwise with their slaves, but other nations were extremely hostile to the former slaves and wanted them exiled from their territory. |
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Furthermore the practice of slavery was outlawed. Some nations were integrated racially and otherwise with their slaves, but other nations were extremely hostile to the former slaves and wanted them exiled from their territory. |
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In 1907 statehood was achieved by the mostly white backers of the statehood movement. |
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In 1907 statehood was achieved by the mostly white backers of the statehood movement. |
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The decadence of the 1920s can be seen in the surviving |
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The decadence of the 1920s can be seen in the surviving |
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In 1995 Oklahoma became the scene of a horriffic bombing by an extremist christian terrorist, a gulf war veteran named [Timothy McVeigh]?, in the [Oklahoma City Bombing]?, that killed 168 people. The culprit was found, put on trial in another state to avoid bias, and put to death. |
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In 1995 Oklahoma became the scene of a horriffic bombing by an extremist terrorist, a gulf war veteran named [Timothy McVeigh]?, in the [Oklahoma City Bombing]?, that killed 168 people. The culprit was found, put on trial in another state to avoid bias, and put to death. |
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