Editing Indian Territory (section)

==Government==
During the Reconstruction Era, when the size of Indian Territory was reduced, the renegotiated treaties with the [[Five Civilized Tribes]] and the tribes occupying the land of the Quapaw Indian Agency contained provisions for a government structure in Indian Territory. Replacement treaties signed in 1866 contained provisions for:<ref name="Choctaw Chickasaw 1866">{{cite web | url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/cho0918.htm | title=Treaty of Washington United States–Choctaw Nation–Chickasaw Nation, 14 Stat. 769, signed April 28, 1866 | access-date=March 3, 2012 | archive-date=February 16, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216041516/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/cho0918.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Indian Territory Legislature would have proportional representation from tribes over 500 members
* Laws take effect unless suspended by Secretary of the Interior or President of the United States
* No laws shall be inconsistent with the United States Constitution, or laws of Congress, or treaties of the United States
* No legislation regarding "matters pertaining to the legislative, judicial, or other organization, laws, or customs of the several tribes or nations, except as herein provided for"
* Superintendent of Indian Affairs (or appointee) is the presiding officer of the Indian Territory Legislature
* Secretary of Interior appoints secretary of the Indian Territory Legislature
* A court or courts may be established in Indian Territory with such jurisdiction and organization as Congress may prescribe: "Provided that the same shall not interfere with the local judiciary of either of said nations."
* No session in any one year shall exceed the term of thirty days, and provided that the special sessions may be called whenever, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, the interests of said tribes shall require it

In a continuation of the new policy, the 1890 Oklahoma Organic Act extended civil and criminal laws of Arkansas over the Indian Territory,<ref>26 Stat. 81, at 94-97</ref> and extended the laws of Nebraska over Oklahoma Territory.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/O/OR004.html | title=Organic Act, 1890, Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History | access-date=2012-01-30 | archive-date=2011-07-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726045844/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/O/OR004.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>