I suppose everyone has their own definition, but when I refer to Indian Terr., I am speaking of that portion of land that originally included parts of what is now the states of Oklahoma and eastern Arkansas, before statehood. I believe Arkansas became a state abouty 1834, which left Indian Terr. within what is now Okla. I do know there was dispute over exactly where the boundaries of Okla., Texas and La. were that ran for years. Anybody got other ideas? dusty ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 3:52 PM Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Indian Territory > Dusty, when one refers to Indian Territory or if one was going to refer to Indian territory as re the way the federal government sees it....Would it be referring to the Indian Territory now part of Oklahoma? or any land once occupied by Native American tribes, such as the land inhabited by the Cherokee, Choctaw, etc. Or would that be Cherokee Lands? > I read a comment by an attorney from OILS that the Indian Territory that is now part of Oklahoma is the only land ever officially recognized and named INDIAN TERRITORY by the federal government. Could I please have comments on this? > > Thank You > James > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Try Markie and Fay's CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST pages at http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/index.html for CHOCTAW Muster Rolls, Orphans lists, censuses, land records, etc. >