TheIndiansinOklahoma,asurveyofthesixty-seventribesresidinginthestate,explainsthecolonizingprocessthatpopulatedIndianTerritory(thefutureOklahoma)withAmericanIndiansfromallpartsoftheUnitedStatesduringthenineteenthcenturyandinterpretsthestrikingculturaldiversityoftheIndiancommunitiesthusformed.TheauthorseparatestheNativeAmericanexperienceinOklahomaintofourperiods.Thisbookisoneofaseriesentitled“NewcomerstoaNewLand“whichanalyzestheroleofthemajorethnicgroupsthathavecontributedtothehistoryofOklahoma.
