Land area

Reservation of the Indians educated at Chilocco Indian Industrial School in Oklahoma (area 657)

Shape traced from the 1899 maps; approximate. Open on the map

1884
Set aside as a reservation
The 1899 record: “President sets apart Chilocco reserve in Indian Territory for Indians educated at Chilocco Indian Industrial School”

In the record

Set apart as the Chilocco reserve in Indian Territory by executive order in July 1884, for Indians educated at the Chilocco school; not a cession. The area covers about 0 thousand acres in what is now Oklahoma.

This area was not ceded. The 1899 record shows it as a reservation the nation kept, at least until the record ends in 1894.

Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.

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Shapes come from C. C. Royce’s 1899 maps as georeferenced by the US Forest Service. They are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land. Royce recorded land the United States treated as ceded; the shape does not show a nation’s territory.

Who is doing the work

Land return and Native-led work nearby

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Nation government Seeking return of about 6,700 acres at Fort Reno

Native legal and land defense, nationally

Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website

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Connections

Located in 1

Oklahoma

Sources

Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1884-07-12primary record
Royce’s map sheet: Indian Territory 3 (Library of Congress)primary record
USDA Forest Service, Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (digitized Royce maps)reference work

The record’s fields

Area number in the 1899 record: 657
Dates in the 1899 record: 1884-07-12
Kind of instrument: Executive order
Peoples as named in the 1899 record: Indians educated at Chilocco Indian Industrial School
States: OK
Counties: Kay
Map sheets in the 1899 record: Indian Territory 3
Geometry: Approximate shape from Royce’s 1899 maps

Research notes

geometry_role is 'cession' for every USFS feature: no field in the source distinguishes cessions from reservations.

Kind: Land area
Confidence: Medium

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