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Description and Holding Information
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1896-1907, Indian Territory Reports (U.S. Fed.)
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Cases determined in the United States Court of Appeals for the Indian Territory: Vol. 1-7, 1896-1907, Parsons, Kansas, The Foley Railway Printing
Co., 1900-1907, all published. (Reporters: V.1-2, J.F. Craig; V.3, F.H. Kellogg; with remainder n.a. Volumes 2, 4 & 6 contain court rules. Except for
tribal courts in the areas controlled by the Five Civilized Tribes, there was no judicial body with jurisdiction specific to the Indian Territory until
1889. Prior to that time, what little federal judicial oversight existed was exercised by the U.S. Dist. Courts for Arkansas, 1834-89 {seated first Van
Buren, AR, and then in Ft. Smith}; and, for the western part of the Indian Territory only, by the U.S. District Courts for Kansas and the Northern
District of Texas, 1883-89 {seated in Wichita & Ft. Scott, KS, and Graham, TX}. The Ft. Smith court was the seat of the famous “Hanging Judge” Isaac
Parker, appointed in 1875. During most of this period, 1834-85, the U.S. courts’ jurisdiction in the Indian Territory was restricted to criminal matters
involving non-Indians and Indians charged with offenses against non-Indians. Offenses among Indians were under the exclusive jurisdiction of the
tribal courts. The Major Crimes Act of 1885 extended U.S. jurisdiction to seven major crimes by Indians against other Indians, but the law exempted the
territory occupied by the Five Civilized Tribes. Finally, in 1889 Congress established a Federal District Court for the Indian Territory, with divisions
seated at Muskogee, Ardmore and McAlester. In 1895 this district court was accorded appellate powers, with further appeals being directed to the
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis. The Indian Territory Reports described here begins with the establishment of that appellate power in 1885.
With Oklahoma statehood in 1907 the nisi prius and appellate powers of the U.S. Court for the Indian Territory were assumed by the new Oklahoma state
courts and other U.S. district courts.)
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Title:
Indian Territory reports : cases determined in the United States Court of Appeals for the Indian Territory.
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OCLC Number:
82506832
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