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Gilbert Wesley Dukes Collection

 

 

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1.         Notice of a reward for stolen horses by G.W. Dukes, Star Vindicator, October 27, 1877.

 

2.         Sketch of G.W. Dukes' career, South McAlester Capital, June 21, 1900.

 

3.         Election of G.W. Dukes as principal chief of the Choctaw Nation, Wagoner Record, August 9, 1900.

 

4.         Message of G.W. Dukes when assuming the duties of principal chief, Indian Citizen, October 4, 1900.

 

5.         Editorial and letter of G.W. Dukes.  re: attempts to bar "court claimants" from Choctaw schools, South McAlester Capital, November 1, 1900.

 

6.         Item on G.W. Dukes calling the Choctaw Council into session to deal with matters of citizenship, South McAlester Capital, December 27, 1900.

 

7.         News item of G.W. Dukes, re:  town site lots, South McAlester Capital, January 3, 1901.

 

8.         News item of G.W. Dukes. re:  town site lots, Purcell Register, January 4, 1901.

 

9.         Editorial on message of G.W. Dukes to the Choctaw legislature, re:  closing of citizenship roll and allotments, South McAlester News, January 11, 1901.

 

10.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re:  appointing a commission to meet with the Dawes Commission to close the rolls of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, South McAlester Capital, January 24, 1901.

 

11.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re: 200 Choctaws attempt to depose him as governor, Indian Journal, January 25, 1901.

 

12.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re: closing the Choctaw and Chickasaw rolls, Purcell Register, February 1, 1901.

 

13.       Letter to G.W. Dukes on Jones Academy Cadets, Tulsa Democrat, February 21, 1901.

 

14.       News item and editorial, re: suspension of Choctaw Nation land appraisal by G.W. Dukes, Checotah Enquirer, July 12, 1901.

 

15.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, D.H. Johnston, et al, re:  action taken in behalf of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations to stop a group from taking possession of lands by right and power of attorney from Mississippi Choctaw Indians, South McAlester Capital, August 1, 1901.

 

16.       Letter of G.W. Dukes, re: Choctaw Townsite Commission, South McAlester Capital, August 15, 1901.

 

17.       News item on G.W. Dukes observing townsite sales in South McAlester, South McAlester Capital, September 19, 1901.

 

18.       Editorial on and message of G.W. Dukes to the General Council of the Choctaw Nation, South McAlester Capital, October 17, 1901.

 

19.       Editorial on message of G.W. Dukes to the Choctaw Council.  re:  the allotment of coal and mineral lands of the Choctaw and   Chickasaw, Holdenville Times, October 17, 1901.

 

20.       Message of G.W. Dukes to the General Council of the Choctaw Nation on citizenship, tribal affairs, finance, schools, etc., Indian Citizen, October 17, 1901. 

 

21.       News item of G.W. Dukes, re:  office appointments, Webber Falls Monitor, October 18, 1901.

 

22.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re:  townsite sales of South McAlester, South McAlester Capital, October 31, 1901.

 

23.       News item on G.W. Dukes, re:  opposition to his re-election, Webber Falls Monitor, November 1, 1901.

 

24.       Nomination of G.W. Dukes announcing his candidacy for governor by the Tuskahoma Party, Webber Falls Monitor, November 8, 1901.

 

25.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re:  session of the Choctaw Council, South McAlester Capital, November 14, 1901.

 

26.       Biographical sketch of Gilbert Wesley Dukes by D.C. Gideon, Indian Territory, 1901.

 

27.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re:  office appointments, South McAlester Capital, January 16, 1902.

 

28.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re: sale of Choctaw coal lands, Coalgate Courier, March 27, 1902.

 

29.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re:  sale of Choctaw coal lands, South McAlester Capital, March 27, 1902.

 

30.       Item on Governor Dukes, re: his appeal to the Interior Department regarding poverty in the Choctaw Nation, Daily Chieftain, April 1, 1902.

 

31.       Editorial on Governor Dukes' alleged revocation of contract of the citizenship attorneys of the Choctaw Nation, South McAlester Capital, April 3, 1902.

 

32.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re: sale of Choctaw coal lands, Wapanucka Press, April 3, 1902.

 

33.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re:  sale of Choctaw coal lands, Indian Citizen, April 3, 1902.

 

34.       Editorial on a letter by G.W. Dukes to the Interior Department appealing for assistance for 10,000 destitute Choctaws, South McAlester Capital, April 3, 1902.

 

35.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes' letter to the Interior Department appealing for assistance for 10,000 destitute Choctaws, Bartlesville Magnet, April 5, 1902.

 

36.       Editorials on G.W. Dukes' candidacy for re-election, Coalgate Courier, April 10, 1902.

 

37.       Two editorials on G.W. Dukes, re:  his taking part in the Choctaw relief distribution while a candidate for re-election South McAlester Capital, May 1, 1902.

 

38.       Editorial charging G.W. Dukes with securing the disbursement of funds to indigent Choctaws to assure re-election, Indian Citizen, June 12, 1902.

 

39.       Interview with G.W. Dukes.  re: election, Coalgate Courier, July 3, 1902.

 

40.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re:  seizure of election poll books.  Also a proclamation by Dukes, re: the same, South McAlester News, August 14, 1902.

 

41.       Proclamation of G.W. Dukes calling for a special election, Holdenville Times, August 16, 1902.

 

42.       Proclamation of G.W. Dukes calling for a special  election, Chickasaw Democrat, August 17, 1902.

 

43.       Several editorials, re:  G.W. Dukes and Green McCurtain and elections in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, South McAlester Capital, August 21, 1902.

 

44.       Proclamation of G.W. Dukes calling for a special election, Wapanucka Press, August 21, 1902.

 

45.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re:  election, South McAlester Capital, August 28, 1902.

 

46.       Proclamation of G.W. Dukes on the special election, Indian Citizen, October 2, 1902.

 

47.       News item on G.W. Dukes and his activities as principal chief, South McAlester News, October 16, 1902.

 

48.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re:  federal troops move into South McAlester to keep order as the successor of Dukes takes over as principal chief, Indian Republican, October 17, 1902. 

 

49.       Proclamation by G.W. Dukes claiming that Green McCurtain is not his legal successor, Chickasaw Enterprise, October 23, 1902.

 

50.       News item on G.W. Dukes and political strife over his successor, South McAlester Capital, January 8, 1903.

 

51.       News item, re:  Choctaw coal lands, Collinsville News, May 28, 1903.

 

52.       Critical editorial on G.W. Dukes, Indian Citizen, July 30, 1903.

 

53.       Editorial on G.W. Dukes, re:  a Choctaw bill providing that Governor McCurtain may act for the nation after dissolution of the tribal government, Purcell Register, November 3, 1905.

 

54.       Message of G.W. Dukes to the Choctaw Council, n.d.

 

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