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Taking of tribal land was 'civilized'
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2002 When thousands of acres of Kiowa and Comanche lands to white settlement in 1901, Oklahomans decided a land run was "not very civilized." So instead they held a land lottery instead. A $350,000 in Lawton depicts that event. Each settler was carved out 160 acres out of thousands in the original Kiowa and Comanche reservations. Get the Story:
Sculpture depicts Lawton land lottery (The Daily Oklahoman 10/2)
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