boomers
The only modern state that is made up of lands from the Indian Territory is Oklahoma.
What lands did Spain claim
Indian Removal
The result was the removal of Indian tribes living east of Mississippi, in exchange for lands to the west.
Spain allowed the settlers to live in their colonies.
Jefferson thought it was a good place th move the Indians!
Battle of fallen timbers
They were subjected to the Indian Removal laws, ousted from their Eastern lands, and resettled in the Indian Territory.
By trading vessels sailing out of Muslim lands across to the hind.
All lands were "indian lands". The settlers could not avoid them.
All of the United States was "Indian territory ." Millions of Native Americans lived in North America when the Europeans arrived. They were killed, removed from ancestral lands, and discriminated against until many had been forced onto reservations.
OklahomaOn April 22, 1889 the unassigned lands of the Indian Territory (later called Oklahoma Territory) were opened to settlers. Thousands of people lined up on the border and, when the signal was given, they raced into the territory to claim their land. Some people went in early to stake claims. They became known as Sooners.Hence, Oklahoma's nickname today is "The Sooner State".source: http://www.salinaok.com/oklahoma.html