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- Title
The Indian Beverly Hillbillies.
- Authors
Thorne, Tanis C.
- Abstract
The article discusses the migration of rich American Indians from Oklahoma to the West Coast. Jackson Barnett, an Oklahoma Creek Indian who became rich from oil profits, would direct traffic outside his mansion in Los Angeles, California. Members of the Osage tribe received profits from mineral rights, making them the richest U.S. Indian tribe during the 1920s. Many American Indians fled Oklahoma to escape paternalistic property laws and to find better educational opportunities for children.
- Subjects
OKLAHOMA; PACIFIC Coast (U.S.); NATIVE Americans -- Economic conditions; NATIVE Americans; RICH people -- Social aspects; OSAGE (North American people); BARNETT, Jackson; URBAN residence of Native Americans; LEGAL status of Native Americans
- Publication
Journal of the West, 2007, Vol 46, Issue 2, p75
- ISSN
0022-5169
- Publication type
Article