Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-279) and index.
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""Contents""; ""Chronology""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Please Pass the Injin Territory""; ""2 The Making of the Incompetent Indian""; ""3 Tar Baby, 1912�1920""; ""4 Anna, Adventuress of a Most Dangerous Type, 1920�1923""; ""5 Dividing the Estate, 1921�1923""; ""6 ""Poor Rich Indians"" and the Turning Political Tide, 1923�1925""; ""7 Battle Royal: Litigation over the Jackson Barnett Estate, 1925�1928""; ""8 Who Will Guard the Guardians? Indian Policy on Trial, 1924�1928""; ""9 Witch Hunts: The Senate Subcommittee Investigation, 1928�1929""; ""10 The Gilded Cage, 1926�1938""
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""11 The Battle of Wilshire Boulevard""""12 Speculative and Protracted Litigation""; ""Epilogue: A Matter of Trust""; ""Appendices""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This is a biography of Jackson Barnett, who gained unexpected wealth from oil found on his property. It explores how control of his fortune was contested by his guardian, the state of Oklahoma, the Baptist Church, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and an adventuress who kidnapped and married him.
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Title
World's richest Indian.
International Standard Book Number
0195162331
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Barnett, Jackson,1856-1934.
Barnett, Jackson,1856-1934
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
United States.-- History.
United States.
United States.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Baptists-- Oklahoma-- History.
Creek Indians, Biography.
Indians of North America-- Legal status, laws, etc.
Indians of North America-- Oklahoma-- Government relations.
Baptists.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
Creek Indians.
HISTORY-- State & Local-- General.
Indians of North America-- Government relations.
Indians of North America-- Legal status, laws, etc.