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Anyone wishing to establish schools for freedmen in Oklahoma after the Civil War faced serious challenges because of Indian Territory’s unusual status in the United States. In addition to the common problems of white opposition and lack of money, those who wanted to educate former slaves also faced the reality of different problems and reactions within each of the Five Tribes. In 1866 the U.S. government concluded new treaties the tribes, requiring that each recognize its former slaves as tribe members. The national Freedman’s Bureau, created by Congress in 1865, operated in Indian Territory for several months under the leadership of Gen. John Sanborn but ceased operation when the new treaties were negotiated. As a result, most of the effort to educate freedmen originated within each tribe and differed from group to group.
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It is important to keep one’s eyes open for pieces of history all the time.
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ALLISON BRAY AND COLE RHINEHART (LEFT) AND JORDAN OSBORN AND ABBY YOUNG (RIGHT) are pictured at the 2021 Wetumka Prom held recently. We would appreciate anyone who took pictures at the Wetumka prom sharing them with us as we were not notified of the event and therefore did not attend.
Read moreA city-wide cleanup will be held the second weekend of April. There will be two roll off dumpsters available at the city barn April 9 through 11. We ask that appliances and batteries be set to the side of the dumpsters.
Read moreThere once was a man named George Thomas, a pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Several eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak.
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Danny Paul Whitlock passed away at his home in Spaulding on Friday, March 26, 2021, at the age of 57 years.
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Deborah Bridget Cherry passed away Friday, March 26, 2021 at her home in Holdenville, Oklahoma at the age of 65.
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