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Examining the legacy of racial mixing in Indian Territory through
the land and lives of two families, one of Cherokee Freedman
descent and one of Muscogee Creek heritage, Darnella Davis's memoir
writes a new chapter in the history of racial mixing on the
frontier. It is the only book-length account of the intersections
between the three races in Indian Territory and Oklahoma written
from the perspective of a tribal person and a freedman. The
histories of these families, along with the starkly different
federal policies that molded their destinies, offer a powerful
corrective to the historical narrative. From the Allotment Period
to the present, their claims of racial identity and land in
Oklahoma reveal inequalities that still fester more than one
hundred years later. Davis offers a provocative opportunity to
unpack our current racial discourse and ask ourselves, ""Who are
'we' really?
Examining the legacy of racial mixing in Indian Territory through
the land and lives of two families, one of Cherokee Freedman
descent and one of Muscogee Creek heritage, Darnella Davis's memoir
writes a new chapter in the history of racial mixing on the
frontier. It is the only book-length account of the intersections
between the three races in Indian Territory and Oklahoma written
from the perspective of a tribal person and a freedman. The
histories of these families, along with the starkly different
federal policies that molded their destinies, offer a powerful
corrective to the historical narrative. From the Allotment Period
to the present, their claims of racial identity and land in
Oklahoma reveal inequalities that still fester more than one
hundred years later. Davis offers a provocative opportunity to
unpack our current racial discourse and ask ourselves, "Who are
'we' really?".
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