1889. Cherokee Rose and police chief Britt Claiborne are forced onto reservations along with their descendants and the five civilized tribes in the Oklahoma District. The U.S. government has told them that because of its rich, productive soil and sufficient water supply, the Oklahoma District is now white man s land of promise. With indescribable sadness and anger, the Indians look on as thousands of prospective settlers and their families enter the district and claim 160-acre sections of land in the Oklahoma land rush.