Talk:State of Sequoyah

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[edit] Fiction section

I really think the fiction should be in a seperate article. Jon 18:15, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anti-Indian sentiment?

Quoth the article (emphasis mine):

The delegation received a cool reception in Washington. Eastern politicians, fearing the admission of two more Western states, and no doubt unwilling to admit an "Indian" state, put pressure on the U.S. President, Theodore Roosevelt, who finally ruled that the Indian and Oklahoma Territories would be granted statehood only as a combined state.

Can anyone come up with a specific source for this? It sounds totally plausible to me, but I'd like to see some kind of evidence for it. The "no doubt" makes it sound like a later commentator is making assumptions. The Oklahoma page only notes Eastern reluctance to add two more Western states, for what it's worth.

Also would be useful to know what portion of Indian Territory's population was actualy Native American in this period. --Jfruh (talk) 04:11, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

According to the US Census in 1900 (pdf warning) Indian territory was 13.4%, or slightly more than one in eight; Indians made up about 7.2% of the combined territory. --66.251.24.139 17:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal to move State of Sequoyah article to a new title

I think perhaps a new title be created and this article be moved to it. I was thinking something along the lines of Sequoyah (Historically Proposed U.S. State) would be much clearer and less ambiguous than the current title which is vague and not accurate in the sense that there is no state known as Sequoyah that currently exists. --Champaign 08:38, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

• I propose to move it back. The other proposed US state articles all follow the "State of X" style. This is what a reader looking for the article would most likely type in. It is unlikely that anyone would type in the current name. Ground Zero | t 11:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
• Support moving it back to State of Sequoyah. See Talk:Franklin (historic U.S. state)#Requested move. Andrewa 17:03, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Joshua ^{Say "hi" to me!}_{What have I done?} 06:05, 18 September 2007 (UTC)