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          Chitto Harjo

          Muscogee native American leader

          Chitto Harjo (also known as Crazy Snake, Wilson Jones, Bill Jones, Bill Snake, and Bill Harjo; c.

          1846 – April 5, 1912)[1] was a leader and orator among the traditionalists in the Muscogee Creek Nation in Indian Territory at the turn of the 20th century.

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          6. He resisted changes which the US government and local leaders wanted to impose to achieve statehood for what became Oklahoma. These included extinguishing tribal governments and civic institutions and breaking up communal lands into allotments to individual households, with United States sales of the "surplus" to European-American and other settlers.

          He was the leader of the Crazy Snake Rebellion[2] on March 25, 1909 in Oklahoma. At the time this was called the last "Indian uprising".[citation needed]

          Early life

          Born in the Muscogee Creek Nation in Indian Territory after the tribe was removed from Alabama in the 1830s, Wilson Jones was