Research Catalog

Title

The world's richest Indian : the scandal over Jackson Barnett's oil fortune / Tanis C. Thorne.

Author

Thorne, Tanis C.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Details

Description

xvi, 292 p. : ill., 1 map; 24 cm.

Summary

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.

Uniform Title

University press scholarship online.

Subject

• Barnett, Jackson, 1856-1934
• United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs > History
• United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes
• United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes > History
• Creek Indians > Biography
• Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc
• Indians of North America > Oklahoma > Government relations
• Baptists > Oklahoma > History

Genre/Form

• collective biographies.
• Biographies
• History
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-279) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Please pass the Injin territory -- The making of the incompetent Indian -- Tar baby, 1912-1920 -- Anna, adventures of a most dangerous type, 1920-1923 -- Dividing the estate, 1921-1923 -- "Poor rich Indians" and the turning political tide, 1923-1925 -- Battle royal: litigation over the Jackson Barnett estate, 1925-1928 -- Who will guard the guardians? Indian policy on trial, 1924-1928 -- Witch hunts: the senate subcommittee investigation, 1928-1929 -- The gilded cage, 1926-1938 -- The battle of Wilshire Boulevard -- Speculative and protracted litigation -- A matter of trust.

ISBN

• 0195162331 (alk. paper)
• 0195182987 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2002193171

OCLC

• 51305818
• SCSB-10322950

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library