Native American land status can be of significant legal importance when researching Native American law. The federal government removed many Native Americans from their ancestral home lands, creating Reservations delineated by treaty or federal law. In some areas, the federal government allotted Reservation land to individual Native Americans, opening up portions of former Indian land for non-Indian settlement. The history of Oklahoma Indian Country is more complex. The Dawes Act allotted land to members of the Five Civilized Tribes (the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole) while its earlier version, the General Allotment Act, allotted land to members of other tribes, including many in Oklahoma. Under the Dawes Act, the 5 Civilized Tribes received allotments in Restricted status, whereas under the General Allotment Act, all of the other tribes received allotments under Trust status. See AIPRA Link.
Unearthing Indian Land : living with the legacies of allotment by 
The Oneida Indians in the Age of Allotment, 1860-1920 by 
A History of Indian Policy by The Oklahoma State Time Line allows you to see the time line of events that shaped Native American law. The time line covers a multitude of events from the Dawes Rolls and Oklahoma statehood to modern day events effecting Native American law. The time line also has interactive features and allows for the user to view the historical documents being discussed.
Check out this list of Native American tribes to find out their last location before removal to Indian Territory and find out where the tribes are currently headquartered. Source: Oklahoma Historical Society
The Oklahoman Digital Archives are a useful resource for researching the history of the Native American culture and land. Simply search the newspaper's online archives to see articles written at a time when Native American culture and history was unfolding. See the article below as an example. Source: The Oklahoman Digital Archives.
