Indians, Methodists, and Oklahomans, 1844-1939
by
Tash Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
In 1844, on the heels of the final wave of the forced removal of thousands of Indians from the southern United States to what is now Oklahoma, the Southern Methodist Church created a separate organization known as the Indian Mission Conference to oversee its missionary efforts among the Native communities...