Camp Napoleon Council

Camp Napoleon Council

The Camp Napoleon Council was a meeting of a number of indigenous tribes in Oklahoma that resulted in an intertribal compact. The council was held at Cottonwood Camp on May 24, 1865 near present day Verden, Oklahoma.[1]

The Camp Napoleon Council Compact

More than a dozen tribes in Indian Territory agreed to discontinue fighting with each other and agreed to form a confederation to maintain the integrity of Indian Territory. They also elected delegates to go to Washington to work out the details with the government. Signers of the Compact included: Cherokee Nation, Creek Nation, Chocktaw Nation, Chickashaw Nation, Seminole Nation, Reserve Caddo Nation, Osage Nation, Reserve Comanche Band, Kiowa Nation, Arrapahoe Nation, Cheyenne Nation, Lapan Band of Opaches, Noconee Band of Comanche Nation, Cochahkah Band Comanches, Tinnawith Band Comanches, Yampucka Band of Comanches, Nooches Band of Commanches, Nooches Band of Commanches. [2]

References

  1. ^ Lewis, Anna (December, 1931). "Camp Napoleon". Chronicles of Oklahoma Volume 9 No. 4. Oklahoma Historical Society. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v009/v009p359.html. Retrieved 14 April 2011. 
  2. ^ Lewis, Anna (December, 1931). "Camp Napoleon". Chronicles of Oklahoma Volume 9 No. 4. Oklahoma Historical Society. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v009/v009p359.html. Retrieved 14 April 2011. 

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