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Signing of the Atoka Agreement
- When
- 23 April 1897
- Where
- Atoka, Indian Territory
Representatives of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian Nations and the Dawes Commission signed the Atoka Agreement on April 23, 1897, at Atoka, Indian Territory.
The agreement provided for the allotment of communal tribal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations to individual households. Provisions of this agreement were later incorporated into the Curtis Act of 1898.
Sources
- Atoka Agreement Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06
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