State of Sequoyah
The State of Sequoyah was a proposed state to be established from the Indian Territory in the eastern part of present-day Oklahoma. In 1905, with the end of tribal governments looming (as prescribed by the Curtis Act of 1898), Native Americans of the Five Civilized Tribes—the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole—in Indian Territory proposed to create a state as a means to retain control of their lands. Their intention was to have a state under Native American constitution and governance. The proposed state was to be named in honor of Sequoyah, the Cherokee who created a writing system in 1825 for the Cherokee language.
| State of Sequoyah | |
|---|---|
Proposed seal | |
Proposed State of Sequoyah | |
| Constitutional convention: | August 21, 1905 |
| Convention President: | Pleasant Porter |
| Vice President(s) | William C. Rogers, Cherokee William H. Murray, Chickasaw |
| Statehood | |
| Approved 1905 by referendum. Denied by United States Congress. Annexed to the State of Oklahoma in 1907. | |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 600,000 | — |
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