Because we were all forced down here to live where no one else wanted to be so the white man could take our natural resorces for his own.
They moved to Indian Territory in eastern selections of present day Oklahoma.
The Trail of Tears was the relocation and movement of Native Americans from their homelands to Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
The Confederates.
The 1830 Indian Removal Act enabled the US to forcibly remove not only the so-called Five Civilized Tribes from their traditional homelands but other tribes as well to Indian Territory, which later became the state of Oklahoma.
The Trail of Tears ended in Oklahoma primarily due to the U.S. government's policy of Indian Removal in the 1830s, which aimed to relocate Native American tribes from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States to designated "Indian Territory" west of the Mississippi River. Oklahoma was chosen as it was seen as a remote area suitable for resettlement, though it was already occupied by other tribes. The forced relocation resulted in immense suffering and loss of life, as the tribes faced harsh conditions during the journey. Ultimately, Oklahoma became the designated land for many tribes, including the Cherokee, Creek, and Choctaw.
Because that was the area designated by Congress to be the territory into which Indian tribes were to be relocated.
They moved to Indian Territory in eastern selections of present day Oklahoma.
The Trail of Tears was the relocation and movement of Native Americans from their homelands to Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Oklahoma.
The Confederates.
Tribes in the East were moved into Indian Territory, what became Oklahoma. It became known as The Trail of Tears.
The Cherokee and the Pawnee
Oklahoma.
Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, And Chickosaw. Also known as the "five civilized tribes"
The eastern part of the state of Oklahoma is land that was designated Indian Territory, to which many indigenous tribes of the Southeastern states were relocated. An earlier form, Indian Country, included parts of several states along the Mississippi River.
The 1830 Indian Removal Act enabled the US to forcibly remove not only the so-called Five Civilized Tribes from their traditional homelands but other tribes as well to Indian Territory, which later became the state of Oklahoma.
The Indian Territory, created by Congress in the 19th century, primarily corresponds to present-day Oklahoma. It was established to relocate Native American tribes from their ancestral lands, particularly those in the southeastern United States, as part of policies like the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Over time, the territory was opened to settlement by non-Native Americans, eventually leading to its statehood as Oklahoma in 1907.