Indian Territory

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former territory of the United States historical region

Indian Territory was a region in the United States, primarily in present-day Oklahoma, that served as a government-designated area for the forced relocation and settlement of numerous Native American tribes during the 19th century.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Indian Territory canonical 84
Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) 3
Indian Territory (historical) 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former territory of the United States ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
borderedBy Arkansas Territory ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
capital Muskogee ⓘ
Tahlequah ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endCause admission of Oklahoma as a U.S. state ⓘ
endTime 1907 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Apache tribes ⓘ
surface form: Apache people

Arapaho people ⓘ
Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee people

Cheyenne people ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
surface form: Chickasaw people

Choctaw people ⓘ
Comanche ⓘ
surface form: Comanche people

Kiowa people ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) people

Osage Nation ⓘ
surface form: Osage people

Seminole ⓘ
surface form: Seminole people
hasPart Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee Nation

Cherokee Outlet ⓘ
Cheyenne and Arapaho lands ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
Choctaw Nation ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation ⓘ
Oklahoma Territory (after 1890, adjacent and overlapping processes) ⓘ
Osage Nation ⓘ
surface form: Osage lands

Seminole ⓘ
surface form: Seminole Nation

Unassigned Lands ⓘ
Indian Territory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: lands of the Five Civilized Tribes
hasUse Native American reservation area ⓘ
area for relocation of Native American tribes ⓘ
historyOfTopic Native American sovereignty ⓘ
U.S. westward expansion ⓘ
forced relocation of Native Americans ⓘ
legislatedBy Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Indian Removal Act of 1830

Organic Act of 1890 ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: present-day Oklahoma
partOf United States of America ⓘ
replacedBy U.S. state of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: State of Oklahoma
significantEvent Civil War in Indian Territory ⓘ
Curtis Act of 1898 ⓘ
Dawes Act implementation ⓘ
Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Indian Removal

Trail of Tears ⓘ
startTime 1830s ⓘ

Referenced by (99)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oklahoma! (stage production) → settingLocation → Indian Territory ⓘ
subject surface form: Oklahoma!
this entity surface form: Oklahoma Territory
Native American Church → historicalOriginPlace → Indian Territory ⓘ
Indian Removal policy of the United States → destinationRegion → Indian Territory ⓘ
Green Grow the Lilacs → settingLocation → Indian Territory ⓘ
Northwest Indian War → conflictIn → Indian Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Territory
U.S. state of Oklahoma → admittedToUnionFrom → Indian Territory ⓘ
subject surface form: Oklahoma
U.S. state of Oklahoma → statehoodFrom → Indian Territory ⓘ
subject surface form: Oklahoma
Kaw → forcedRemovalTo → Indian Territory ⓘ
Indian Territory → hasPart → Indian Territory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: lands of the Five Civilized Tribes
Trail of Tears → location → Indian Territory ⓘ
Choctaw Nation → relocatedTo → Indian Territory ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation → relocatedTo → Indian Territory ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) Nation → currentPrimaryLocation → Indian Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Territory (historical)
Wild West → hasPart → Indian Territory ⓘ
Seminole → forcedRelocationTo → Indian Territory ⓘ
Oologah, Indian Territory, United States → locatedIn → Indian Territory ⓘ
Oologah, Indian Territory, United States → historicalRegion → Indian Territory ⓘ
Oologah, Indian Territory, United States → historicalJurisdiction → Indian Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Indian Territory government
Pawnee → relocationDestination → Indian Territory ⓘ
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma → wasRelocatedTo → Indian Territory ⓘ
subject surface form: Cherokee Nation
Claremore, Oklahoma Territory, United States → locatedIn → Indian Territory ⓘ
True Grit (2010 film) → setIn → Indian Territory ⓘ
Sooner State → associatedWithHistory → Indian Territory ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) → relocatedTo → Indian Territory ⓘ
Ponca → forcedRelocation → Indian Territory ⓘ
Kaw City, Oklahoma → isInEthnographicRegion → Indian Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Territory (historical)
Robert Latham Owen → wasAdmittedToTheBar → Indian Territory ⓘ
Kaw people → forcedRemovalTo → Indian Territory ⓘ
Oklahoma Territory → predecessor → Indian Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Territory (in part)
Oklahoma Territory → borderedBy → Indian Territory ⓘ
Western Theater of the American Civil War → includedStateOrRegion → Indian Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Territory (partly, in some definitions)
Missouri Territory → followedBy → Indian Territory ⓘ
Civil War in Indian Territory → location → Indian Territory ⓘ
Dawes Act implementation → appliesToTerritory → Indian Territory ⓘ
Curtis Act of 1898 → appliesToJurisdiction → Indian Territory ⓘ
Unassigned Lands → locatedIn → Indian Territory ⓘ
Unassigned Lands → previouslyPartOf → Indian Territory ⓘ
Organic Act of 1890 → appliesToJurisdiction → Indian Territory ⓘ
Organic Act of 1890 → relatedTo → Indian Territory ⓘ
New Mexico Territory → borderedBy → Indian Territory ⓘ
Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation → locatedIn → Indian Territory ⓘ
Cheyenne and Arapaho lands → locatedIn → Indian Territory ⓘ
Cherokee Outlet → partOf → Indian Territory ⓘ
Choctaw people → removalDestination → Indian Territory ⓘ
Major Ridge → residence → Indian Territory ⓘ
Sequoyah → placeOfBirth → Indian Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee territory
“Five Civilized Tribes” → removedTo → Indian Territory ⓘ
subject surface form: Five Civilized Tribes
Kansas Territory (as namesake of Fort Riley) → borderedBy → Indian Territory ⓘ
subject surface form: Kansas Territory
Treaty of Payne’s Landing → requiredRelocationTo → Indian Territory ⓘ
Treaty of Payne’s Landing → appliesToTerritory → Indian Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma)