The Osage Trade by Oklahoma Artist Charles Banks Wilson. Unit 3 Settlement The Osage Trade by Oklahoma Artist Charles Banks Wilson.

Indian Appropriations Act Chapter 12 Boomer Sooner Elias C. Boudinot David L. Payne The Boomer Movement Indian Appropriations Act Opening the Lands The Sooners The Race for Land

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Discuss the Boomer efforts to settle in the Unassigned Lands before the lands were opened for settlement. Identify: Buffalo soldiers Boomers Sooners Colonization Association Unassigned Lands How were Indian leaders divided on the issue of opening their unoccupied lands for settlement?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Tell about the attempt of William L. Couch and his followers to settle in the Unassigned Lands. Who were the groups who lobbied for opening the lands for settlement and what were their special interests? Who were the groups who lobbied against opening the lands and what were their special interests? Who was qualified to establish a land claim, and then, how would the homesteader hold the claim?

Elias C. Boudinot

David L. Payne

William L. Couch

The race is on in the movie Cimarron which is set during the time of the Oklahoma Land Run.