Reel 1846 - 1900 Indian Territory Federal Population Census Schedules - Cherokee (cont'd: ED 42--48, 189) and Chickasaw (part: ED 120, 187, and ED 121, sheets 1-6) Nations) , 911 pages
Reel 1847 - 1900 Indian Territory Federal Population Census Schedules - Chickasaw Nation (cont'd: ED 121, sheet 7-end, EDs 122-134, and ED 135 sheets 1-2), 909 pages
Reel 1848 - 1900 Indian Territory Federal Population Census Schedules - Chickasaw Nation (cont'd: ED 135, sheet 3-end, and EDs 136-139, 190, 140-146, 185, 147,n>151), 945 pages
Reel 1849 - 1900 Indian Territory Federal Population Census Schedules - Chickasaw Nation (cont'd: EDs 152-167 and ED 168, sheets 1-21), 867 pages
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The Chickasaws were first combined with the Choctaw Nation and their area in the western area of the nation was called the Chickasaw District.
The division of the Choctaw Nation was ratified by the Choctaw–Chickasaw Treaty of 1854. The Chickasaw constitution establishing the nation as separate
from the Choctaws, was signed August 30, 1856, in the new capitol of Tishomingo (now Tishomingo, Oklahoma).
The nation was dissolved before statehood by agreement negotionated with the Dawes Commission. Following the breakup of the nation the Chickasaws
became citizens of the United States and their non-allotted lands opened for settlement by non-Indians.
The Indian Territory, also known as the Indian Territories and the Indian Country, was land set aside within the United States for the settlement of
American Indians. The general borders were set by the Indian Intercourse Act of 1834.
The Indian Territory served as the destination for the policy of Indian Removal, a policy pursued intermittently by American presidents early in the
nineteenth century, but aggressively pursued by President Andrew Jackson after the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Five Civilized
Tribes in the South were the most prominent tribes displaced by the policy, a relocation that came to be known as the Trail of Tears during the
Choctaw removals starting in 1831. The trail ended in what is now Arkansas and Oklahoma, where there were already many Indians living in the
territory, as well as whites and escaped slaves. Other tribes, such as the Delaware, Cheyenne, and Apache were also forced to relocate to the Indian territory.
In time, the Indian Territory was reduced to what is now Oklahoma; and then, with the organization of Oklahoma Territory in 1890, to just the eastern half of the area.
The name “Oklahoma” is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people. Formed by the combination of Oklahoma Territory and
Indian Territory on November 16, 1907.