The Cherokee Courtroom Shoot-out, also called the Goingsnake Massacre, was a gunfight that occurred during a trial in the Cherokee court system on April 15, 1872, in the Goingsnake District of the Cherokee Nation in present-day Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Also called the Proctor-Beck Fight, this bloody scrimmage was the result of a jurisdictional dispute between the U.S. government and the Cherokee court system.
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Interesting story; could almost be fast forwarded to a 2020 funeral in Chicago where 7 people wind up getting shot to death before the service is over.
ReplyDeleteTahlequah is home to Northeastern Oklahoma University, a division II school. Many, many moons ago their football team visited the division II school that I attended. They were called the Tahlequah Redmen, and, coming from Oklahoma, was a good tipoff that they likely were Indians. Apparently in 2006, because of pressure from NCAA, they abandoned their Redmen name. One would think that Tahlequah, being the capitol of the Cherokee Nation, they could call their team whatever Indian inspired name that suited their fancy. Then again, I hear that NCAA is run by a bunch of liberal white men.
Ironic post Kenny, considering the supreme court gave half of Oklahoma back to the indians yesterday!
ReplyDeleteThat was going to be my post. I wonder what happens to all of the white owned property now? I think that unless title can be traced back to an Indian grant or sale, most of Oklahoma properties revert to Indian land.
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The court didn't "give" the land back to the Injuns, the court DID give them back their rights to dis state law and courts. No non-injuns will give up their property.
ReplyDeleteMy old FBI buddy once told he that one of the agency's responsibilities is to investigate murders on Indian land; found this on-line:
ReplyDeleteThe FBI has exclusive jurisdiction for about 20 serious crimes on Indian land such as murder, rape, robbery, etc., and will come in and take over any investigation when and if those crimes occur. Some tribes don't have their own law enforcement, and allow the local sheriff's or police department to operate there as if the land wasn't a reservation.