“Farewell Letter to the American People”
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The "Farewell Letter to the American People" was a widely published letter by the Choctaw Chief George W. Harkins in 1832.[1] The letter denounced the removal of the Choctaw tribe to Oklahoma. The letter is still considered one of the most important documents in Native American history.[2]
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- ^ George W. Harkins, "Farewell Letter to the American People," 1832. The American Indian, December 1926. Reprinted in Great Documents in American Indian History, edited by Wayne Moquin with Charles Van Doren. New York: DaCapo Press. 1995; 151.
- ^ http://anpa.ualr.edu/trailOfTears/letters/1831DecemberGeorgeWHarkinstotheAmericanPeople.htm
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