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Johnston lobbied
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in 1897 which allotted communal tribal lands to individual households. In the 1920s he successfully sued the federal government in the US Court of Claims, to recover monies illegally obtained from tribal resources.
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Cheadle Walker (1818 – c. 1863, Chickasaw), and her husband, "Colonel" John Johnston, Sr., who was European American. The third of four sons, he was born in
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Every allotment, every town lot, every parcel of land sold or transferred from the Nation from west of Duncan and
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in 1886. A few years later, in 1889 Johnston married Lorena
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kinship system, children were considered born into their mother's clan and took their status from her. Johnston's name is sometimes given as "Douglas
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bears the name of Douglas H. Johnston as grantor, representing sovereignty of that soil. That, in itself, is a monument.
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in 1906 as governor of the Chickasaw tribe under federal authority. He served until his death in office in 1939.
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broke up much of the communal lands of the tribes. It changed how tribal lands were allocated and regulated in
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National Register of Historic Places - Application Form. "White House of the Chickasaws." August 5, 1971.
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appointed Johnston as governor of the Chickasaw. He served in that position until his death in 1939.
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