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  2. Capital punishment in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Oklahoma's male death row inmates are housed in the "H" unit of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OSP) located in McAlester, Oklahoma. OSP also houses Oklahoma's execution chamber. Female death row prisoners are housed at the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center located near McLoud, Oklahoma and are transferred to OSP for their execution. [citation ...

  3. Land Rush of 1889 - Wikipedia

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    Map of Oklahoma 1892. The removal of Native Americans to Indian Territory started after the election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency in 1828. He believed that Indian Removal from the Southeast was needed to extinguish Native American land claims and enable development by European Americans in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, which still had numerous Native Americans occupying their ...

  4. Unassigned Lands - Wikipedia

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    On April 22, 1889, the Oklahoma lands were settled by what would later be called the Run of '89. Over 50,000 people entered on the first day, among them several thousand freedmen and descendants of slaves. Tent cities were erected overnight at Oklahoma City, Kingfisher, El Reno, Norman, Guthrie and Stillwater, which was the first of the ...

  5. Curtis Act of 1898 - Wikipedia

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    The Curtis Act of 1898 was an amendment to the United States Dawes Act; it resulted in the break-up of tribal governments and communal lands in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory: the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee, and Seminole.

  6. Hughes v. Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Oklahoma, 441 U.S. 322 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court decision, which held that the United States Congress may enact legislation governing wildlife on federal lands. Background [ edit ]

  7. Namibia plans to kill more than 700 animals including ... - AOL

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    Namibia is planning to kill more than 700 wild animals, including elephants, zebras and hippos, and distribute the meat to the people struggling with food insecurity as the country grapples with ...

  8. The truth behind whether zebras are black or white - AOL

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    Get more zebras in the gallery below: Keep in mind, though, that where zebras live it has an affect on their stripes. Those in warmer climates have more stripes -- which is great for the ...

  9. Namibia plans to kill over 700 animals, including elephants ...

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    Namibia, a country in southern Africa, said it is planning to kill over 700 wild animals including elephants and zebras to distribute the meat to its citizens struggling to secure food.