. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . ^ were afraidit would result in ])ringinginto their country graspingwhite men, who would eventually deprive them oftheir country. To forestall these attempts of Congress, theIndians decided to call a Council of the Tribes to. Allen Wright- TAW Choc 64 OKLAHOMA HISTORY meet at Okmulgee, December 5, 1870, for theOkmulgee purpose of forming a Confederation ofConstitution ^^le tribes which would suit them betterthan the plans proposed by Congress. The Coun-cil appointed a committee of twelve to draw upa constitution for the union of the tribes
. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . ^ were afraidit would result in ])ringinginto their country graspingwhite men, who would eventually deprive them oftheir country. To forestall these attempts of Congress, theIndians decided to call a Council of the Tribes to. Allen Wright- TAW Choc 64 OKLAHOMA HISTORY meet at Okmulgee, December 5, 1870, for theOkmulgee purpose of forming a Confederation ofConstitution ^^le tribes which would suit them betterthan the plans proposed by Congress. The Coun-cil appointed a committee of twelve to draw upa constitution for the union of the tribes. Wil-liam P. Ross, a nephew of John Ross, was chair-man of the committee. The constitution drawnup by this committee was submitted to the tribesfor their approval. The Chickasaw legislature rejected the planbecause it provided for representation in propor-tion to the population. That tribe, being smallerthan some of the other tribes, favored giving eachtribe equal power in the legislative body. Thisaction of the Chickasaws defeated the Okmulgeeconstitution. On account of the continued oppo-sition of one party or another, the Indian Terri-tory was never organized. The Indian Territory,as it is generally called, was not really a was the Indian country or the r
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