| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 35.2

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*Taking Indian Lands: The Cherokee (Jerome) Commission, 1889–1893*. By William T. Hagan. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. x + 279 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $59.95.)
With Taking Indian Lands, respected scholar William T. Hagan adds another quality publication to his impressive list of studies related to American Indian history. Simply stated, the book provides a detailed account of the activities of the Cherokee Commission. Although other commissions during the period performed similar tasks, the Cherokee Commission was unique. It operated over a much longer period and negotiated with more tribes than any of the others. From 1889 to 1893, it deliberated with nearly twenty tribes in Indian Territory and acquired roughly fifteen million acres. Almost all of this land became available to white settlers by 1900, with devastating results for the tribes. Years later the Indian Claims Commission awarded substantial judgments on their behalf.	1
Drawing heavily from two thousand pages of the commission's journals, Hagan provides a gripping account of the attitudes and strategies for deliberations and reveals the hopes and concerns of the tribes. Through the journals, he gives a powerful voice to tribal leaders as they express their attachment to the land and struggle to defend their way of life. The voices recount a disturbing story. As Hagan notes, "the picture of a powerful nation imposing its will on its wards is not a pretty one" (p. x).	. . .

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