And Still the Waters Run tells the tragic story of the liquidation of the independent Indian republics of the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Creeks, and Seminoles, known as the Five Civilized Tribes. At the turn of the twentieth century, the tribes owned the eastern half of what is now Oklahoma, a territory immensely wealthy in farmland, forests, coal, and oil. Their political and economic status was guaranteed by the federal government鈥攗ntil American settlers arrived. Congress abrogated treaties that it had promised would last 鈥渁s long as the waters run,鈥� and within a generation, the tribes were systematically stripped of their holdings, and were rescued from starvation only through public charity. Called a 鈥渨ork of art鈥� by writer Oliver La Farge, And Still the Waters Run was so controversial when it was first published that Angie Debo was banned from teaching in Oklahoma for many years. Now with an incisive foreword by Amanda Cobb-Greetham, here is the acclaimed book that first documented the scandalous founding of Oklahoma on native land.
The audiobook is narrated by Kate Harper. Start listening to a sample chapter here.
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Angie Debo (1890鈥�1988) was a writer, lecturer, and historian whose many books include Geronimo: The Man, His Time, His Place; The Road to Disappearance: A History of the Creek Indians; and The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic.