The Atoka Agreement is a document signed by representatives of the Choctaw

Choctaw

The Choctaw are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States...

 and Chickasaw

Chickasaw

The Chickasaw are Native American people originally from the region that would become the Southeastern United States...

 Indian Nations and members of the Dawes Commission

Dawes Commission

The American Dawes Commission, named for its first chairman Henry L. Dawes, was authorized under a rider to an Indian Office appropriation bill, March 3, 1893...

 on April 23, 1897 near Atoka

Atoka, Oklahoma

Atoka is a city in Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,052 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Atoka County.-Geography:Atoka is located at ....

, Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

, that provided for the allotting of the Choctaw and Chickasaw lands in the Indian Territory

Indian Territory

The Indian Territory, also known as the Indian Territories and the Indian Country, was land set aside within the United States for the settlement of American Indians...

 to individuals. Provisions of this agreement were later incorporated into the Curtis Act of 1898.

Further reading

• Debo, Angie Debo. The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961.
• Gibson, Arrell M. The Chickasaws. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971.
• Litton, Gaston. History of Oklahoma at the Golden Anniversary of Statehood, Vol. 1. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1957.

External links

• Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Atoka Agreement, 1897