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Entering Indian Territory

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In 1833, this area was ceded to the Quapaw Tribe by the U.S. Lands near here were granted to Indians of 20 tribes, including the Seneca, Shawnee, Peoria, Miami, Ottawa, and Wyandot. Wealth came to the Quapaw and other Indians here from the discovery of lead and zinc mines beginning in 1905.
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