he Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association. Federal Regulation and the Cattleman's Last Frontier

Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1973 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Oblong 8vo. 7¼ x 9¼ inches. 154 pp. Illustrated with early photographs, portraits, facsimiles, drawings, etc.; bibliography and index. Green cloth with brown lettering on spine. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Jacket price-clipped and with some light shelf-wear. Approximately 6.5 million acres had been conveyed to the Cherokee Nation in 1819 under treaty which was then leased by that Nation to the Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association. Changes in federal land policies, the encroachments by boomers, etc. gradually changed this situation. This work documents the federal government's dealings with the cattlemen and examines the role of the Indian as entrepreneur. .