Indian Territory

noun

1. a former territory of the U.S.: now in E Oklahoma. About 31,000 sq. mi. (80,000 sq. km).

Indian Territory

noun

1. the territory established in the early 19th century in present-day Oklahoma, where Indians were forced to settle by the US government. The last remnant was integrated into the new state of Oklahoma in 1907

Example Sentences

Mr. Modi had been posing for a series of pictures to highlight the beachy natural beauty of the islands called Lakshadweep, an Indian territory 150 miles from the mainland and just 100 miles north of the Maldives.

From New York Times

Though India has gained road, river and train access via Bangladesh to transport goods to its north-eastern states, critics say Dhaka is still not able to do full-fledged overland trade with landlocked Nepal and Bhutan across the Indian territory.

From BBC

Before any of that could take place, however, a tribe would have to take the land in question into trust as sovereign Indian territory.

From Los Angeles Times

“I think of it as a reminder that we’re all living on Indian Territory.”

From New York Times

“The families later known as Creek Freedmen likewise walked the Trail of Tears alongside the tribal clans and fought to protect the new homeland upon arrival in Indian Territory,” Mouser wrote.

From Seattle Times