"A Few Hundred People Can't Do Anything with 75 Million!": The Cherokee Advocate and the Inevitability of Allotment

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This article chronicles the effort of The Cherokee Advocate newspaper to inform readers about the benefits and perils of assigning land to individuals and to urge Cherokees understand the necessity of allotment.

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24 p. : ill.

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Miller, Robert D. Spring 2010.

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  • Main Title: "A Few Hundred People Can't Do Anything with 75 Million!": The Cherokee Advocate and the Inevitability of Allotment
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This article chronicles the effort of The Cherokee Advocate newspaper to inform readers about the benefits and perils of assigning land to individuals and to urge Cherokees understand the necessity of allotment.

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24 p. : ill.

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Abstract: Allotment was coming despite the tribe's opposition. The Cherokee Advocate struggled to inform readers about the benefits and perils of assigning land to individuals. Robert D. Miller chronicles the newspaper's effort to help Cherokees understand that allotment could save their nation from annihilation.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 88(1), Oklahoma Historical Society, 2010, pp. 24-47

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 88
  • Issue: 1
  • Page Start: 24
  • Page End: 47

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Miller, Robert D. "A Few Hundred People Can't Do Anything with 75 Million!": The Cherokee Advocate and the Inevitability of Allotment, article, Spring 2010; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2006499/: accessed June 1, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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