LHRI launches online submission form for Allotment Era stories

(TULSA, Okla.) The Lucinda Hickory Research Institute (LHRI) is seeking online submissions of Allotment Era stories as part of their ongoing effort to study and spotlight Allotment Era crime. 

People who know of their family land allotment history are encouraged to fill out the brief online form. Those who submit stories may remain anonymous. 

LHRI Co-founder Tatianna Duncan said all responses are for internal use only and stories will only be shared with others with an individual’s express permission to do so.

Click here to submit your family’s Allotment Era story into the database. 

Duncan has been researching Allotment Era crime professionally since the launch of their non-profit organization in 2020, but she has been looking into and sharing her own family’s history much longer than that. 

“Growing up, this is a burden we have carried in silence,” Duncan said during the first installment of Stealing Tvlse, an investigative series in partnership with Verified News Network (VNN). “Nobody’s surprised. When I go into a Muscogee community, they’re not surprised to hear this. They will tell me their own story.” 

Duncan said sharing Allotment Era stories may trigger the emotions of historical trauma and LHRI does not have the resources nor training to provide mental health counseling at this time. 

“We do, however, share in the same traumatic history and understand that through sharing our stories we may provide an element of healing for our community,” Duncan said. 

Those who need mental health support can text the word 'Creek' to 741-741 to get resources from the Muscogee Nation Crisis Text Line. 

Learn more about LHRI here.