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    "title": "Map of the Western Territory &c",
    "description": "America Transformed: The geography of tribal nations living east of the Mississippi River changed drastically by the 1830s, as depicted on this map accompanying a report concerning the establishment of a new Western Territory reserved for Native people. As American settlers moved into the Ohio River Valley, numerous tribes were forced to cede their lands and relocate west of the Mississippi River. In addition, the 1830 Indian Removal Act mandated the mass removal of the Tsalagi (Cherokee), Mvskoke (Creek), Chahta (Choctaw), Chickasha (Chickasaw), and Semvnole (Seminole) living in southeastern United States. Although this new territory was promised as theirs in perpetuity, it was eventually opened for settlement and statehood for Oklahoma.",
    "date": "[\"[1834]\"]",
    "year": 1834,
    "citationUrl": "https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:7h14b2177",
    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
    "rightsUri": "No known restrictions on use.",
    "reuseAllowed": "no restrictions",
    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_008723",
    "creators": [
        "Hood, Washington."
    ],
    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
    ],
    "subjects": [
        "Indians of North America--Great Plains--Maps",
        "Great Plains--Maps"
    ],
    "subjectsGeographic": [
        "Great Plains",
        "North and Central America"
    ],
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        "Maps"
    ],
    "typeOfResource": [
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    "pubPlace": "Washington, D.C",
    "publisher": "Committee on Indian Affairs"
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    "extent": "1 map : hand col. ; 43 x 46 cm.",
    "notes": [
        "Covers lands in the Great Plains.",
        "Relief shown by hachures.",
        "Shows locations of lands held and ceded by Indian tribes.",
        "Differs from another version in lacking note about land that may be granted to the Cherokees.",
        "Prime meridian: Washington.",
        "In upper left: Rep. 474.",
        "From: United States Congress, House Committee on Indian Affairs's Regulating the Indian Department. Washington, D.C., 1834."
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