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Oklahoma Land Run
About this film
This segment of Oklahoma Heritage Film on the Land Run includes black and white footage with from March 3, 1889. It also included material related to the passing of the Annual Indian Appropriation Bill that held the rider allowing For Indian Territory to be opened up to white settlers. This segment discusses the legal basis for opening the Oklahoma District, now called the Unassigned Lands put into effect in 1889 when the U.S. Congress and Illinois Representative William Springer amended the Indian Appropriations Bill to authorize Pres. Benjamin Harrison to proclaim the two-million-acre region open for settlement. This covers the land run for the unassigned land in Indian Territory, David Payne and his Boomers, the Chisholm Trail, and Cowboys. Native American life prior to the land run is covered and addressed.
Directors & creators
OETA - Oklahoma Educational Television Authority
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Oklahoma Land Run, Unassigned Lands, Indian Appropriations Bill of 1889, William Springer, Benjamin Harrison, David Payne, W. L. Couch, Five Civilized Tribes, Chisholm Trail, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, Boomers, Indian Territory, Westward expansion, Manifest Destiny
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