Oklahoma land runs
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The Oklahoma land runs were a series of late 19th-century events in which settlers raced to claim parcels of formerly Native American lands in what became the state of Oklahoma.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3209048 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oklahoma land runs Context triple: [Sooner State, hasEtymology, Oklahoma land runs]
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A.
Dodge City War
The Dodge City War was an 1883 bloodless conflict in Dodge City, Kansas, involving a standoff between rival lawmen and saloon interests that epitomized the power struggles and lawlessness of the American Wild West.
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B.
Dodge City Days festival
The Dodge City Days festival is a major annual celebration in Dodge City, Kansas, featuring rodeos, parades, Western-themed events, and community activities that highlight the city’s cowboy heritage.
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C.
Point Defiance
Point Defiance is a large forested urban park and peninsula in Tacoma, Washington, known for its scenic waterfront, old-growth forests, and popular attractions like the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
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D.
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation in the 1830s of tens of thousands of Native Americans, primarily the Cherokee, from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory, resulting in immense suffering and a high death toll.
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E.
Johnson County War
The Johnson County War was a violent late-19th-century conflict in Wyoming between large cattle barons and smaller settlers and rustlers, emblematic of the lawlessness and power struggles of the American Wild West.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oklahoma land runs Target entity description: The Oklahoma land runs were a series of late 19th-century events in which settlers raced to claim parcels of formerly Native American lands in what became the state of Oklahoma.
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A.
Dodge City War
The Dodge City War was an 1883 bloodless conflict in Dodge City, Kansas, involving a standoff between rival lawmen and saloon interests that epitomized the power struggles and lawlessness of the American Wild West.
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B.
Dodge City Days festival
The Dodge City Days festival is a major annual celebration in Dodge City, Kansas, featuring rodeos, parades, Western-themed events, and community activities that highlight the city’s cowboy heritage.
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C.
Point Defiance
Point Defiance is a large forested urban park and peninsula in Tacoma, Washington, known for its scenic waterfront, old-growth forests, and popular attractions like the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
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D.
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation in the 1830s of tens of thousands of Native Americans, primarily the Cherokee, from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory, resulting in immense suffering and a high death toll.
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E.
Johnson County War
The Johnson County War was a violent late-19th-century conflict in Wyoming between large cattle barons and smaller settlers and rustlers, emblematic of the lawlessness and power struggles of the American Wild West.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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land rush ⓘ settlement event ⓘ |
| affectedGroup |
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
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surface form:
Absentee Shawnee Tribe
Arapaho people ⓘ Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form:
Cherokee Nation
Cheyenne people ⓘ Citizen Potawatomi Nation ⓘ Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma ⓘ Kickapoo people ⓘ Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form:
Sac and Fox Nation
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Cherokee Outlet
ⓘ
Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation ⓘ Kickapoo Reservation ⓘ Unassigned Lands ⓘ |
| cause |
federal policy of allotment of tribal lands
ⓘ
pressure for white settlement of Indian Territory ⓘ |
| chronology | occurred before Oklahoma statehood in 1907 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| describedBySource |
United States public land law
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal land records
contemporary newspaper accounts ⓘ |
| effect |
creation of numerous new towns in Oklahoma
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dispossession of Native American lands ⓘ foundation of Guthrie, Oklahoma ⓘ foundation of Oklahoma City ⓘ rapid non-Native settlement of central Oklahoma ⓘ |
| endTime | 1895 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Oklahoma land runs
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cherokee Outlet land run
Oklahoma land runs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cheyenne-Arapaho land run
Oklahoma land runs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa-Sac and Fox-Pottawatomie-Shawnee land run
Oklahoma land runs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kickapoo land run
Oklahoma land runs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Land Run of 1889
|
| legalBasis |
General Allotment Act of 1887
ⓘ
surface form:
Dawes Act
Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 ⓘ treaties with Native American tribes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Plains
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Oklahoma ⓘ Oklahoma Territory ⓘ |
| methodOf | allocation of homestead claims ⓘ |
| participant |
African American settlers
ⓘ
Boomers ⓘ Euro-American settlers ⓘ Oklahoma Sooners ⓘ
surface form:
Sooners
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| partOf |
settlement of the American West
ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
opening of Cheyenne-Arapaho lands
ⓘ
opening of Kickapoo lands ⓘ opening of the Cherokee Outlet ⓘ Unassigned Lands ⓘ
surface form:
opening of the Unassigned Lands
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| startTime | 1889 ⓘ |
| typicalHomesteadSize | 160 acres ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Oklahoma land runs Description of subject: The Oklahoma land runs were a series of late 19th-century events in which settlers raced to claim parcels of formerly Native American lands in what became the state of Oklahoma.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oklahoma Land Run of 1889
this entity surface form:
Land Run of 1889
this entity surface form:
Land Run of 1893
this entity surface form:
Land Run of 1895
this entity surface form:
Oklahoma Land Run of 1889
this entity surface form:
Oklahoma Land Run of 1889
this entity surface form:
Oklahoma Land Run of 1891
this entity surface form:
Cherokee Strip Land Run
this entity surface form:
Land Run of 1889
this entity surface form:
Cherokee Outlet land run
this entity surface form:
Cheyenne-Arapaho land run
this entity surface form:
Iowa-Sac and Fox-Pottawatomie-Shawnee land run
this entity surface form:
Kickapoo land run
this entity surface form:
Land Run of 1889