Author: Angela Y. Walton-Raji Publisher: ISBN: 9780788444739 Category : African Americans Languages : en Pages : 248
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In 1907, the Indian Territory became the State of Oklahoma. To qualify for the payments and land allotments set aside for the Five Civilized Tribes, the former slaves of these nations had to apply for official enrollment, thus producing testimonies of imm
Author: James R. Atkinson Publisher: University of Alabama Press ISBN: 0817350330 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 381
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A thorough examination of the Chickasaw Indians, tracing their history as far back as the documentation and archeological record will allow Before the Chickasaws were removed to lands in Oklahoma in the 1800s, the heart of the Chickasaw Nation was located east of the Mississippi River in the upper watershed of the Tombigbee River in what is today northeastern Mississippi. Their lands had been called "splendid and fertile" by French governor Bienville at the time they were being coveted by early European settlers. The people were also termed “splendid” and described by documents of the 1700s as “tall, well made, and of an unparalleled courage. . . . The men have regular features, well-shaped and neatly dressed; they are fierce, and have a high opinion of themselves.” The progenitors of the sociopolitical entity termed by European chroniclers progressively as Chicasa, Chicaca, Chicacha, Chicasaws, and finally Chickasaw may have migrated from west of the Mississippi River in prehistoric times. Or migrating people may have joined indigenous populations. Despite this longevity in their ancestral lands, the Chickasaw were the only one of the original "five civilized tribes" to leave no remnant community in the Southeast at the time of removal. Atkinson thoroughly researches the Chickasaw Indians, tracing their history as far back as the documentation and archaeological record will allow. He historicizes from a Native viewpoint and outlines political events leading to removal, while addressing important issues such as slave-holding among Chickasaws, involvement of Chickasaw and neighboring Indian tribes in the American Revolution, and the lives of Chickasaw women. Splendid Land, Splendid People will become a fundamental resource for current information and further research on the Chickasaw. A wide audience of librarians, anthropologists, historians, and general readers have long awaited publication of this important volume.
Author: Suellen Ocean Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781500756109 Category : Indians of North America Languages : en Pages : 0
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Suellen Ocean found the history of Indian removals, rolls, lists, censuses and enumerations complicated and confusing while searching for her allusive Native American ancestry. In the fourth book of her Secret Genealogy series, Ocean thoughtfully gives the reader the guidance they need to search for their own Native ancestry. After reading this book you'll have both the keys and a better understanding of what's required for the amateur to navigate bureaucracies and websites that hold the answers to their questions. Read Secret Genealogy IV, Native Americans Hidden in Our Family Trees, before you begin your search.
Author: Henry Dawes Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781544928852 Category : Languages : en Pages : 642
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The Final Rolls, also known as The Dawes Rolls, of the Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory; list the names of the individuals who were allowed on the tribal rolls by the Dawes Commission. The final rolls can be searched to discover the enrollee's name, sex, blood degree, and census card number. The census card may provide additional genealogical information. Each of these five tribes have their own requirements for citizenship and still to this day continue to use the Final Roles (AKA The Dawes Rolls) as the basis for determining tribal membership by ancestry. They generally require applicants to provide proof of lineage from anyone listed on these rolls. Some Native nations, such as Cherokee, may not require proof of a blood degree to become registered as a citizen. The Final Rolls comes in 2 volumes: The Index to the Final Rolls. & The Final Rolls of the Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory The Final Rolls is meant to accompany The Index of the Final Rolls, which are the lists of individuals (and registration numbers) who were accepted as eligible for a federal tribal membership within the -Five Civilized Tribes-. These Native tribes are: Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles.
Author: Francesca Morgan Publisher: UNC Press Books ISBN: 1469664798 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 317
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From family trees written in early American bibles to birther conspiracy theories, genealogy has always mattered in the United States, whether for taking stock of kin when organizing a family reunion or drawing on membership—by blood or other means—to claim rights to land, inheritances, and more. And since the advent of DNA kits that purportedly trace genealogical relations through genetics, millions of people have used them to learn about their medical histories, biological parentage, and ethnic background. A Nation of Descendants traces Americans' fascination with tracking family lineage through three centuries. Francesca Morgan examines how specific groups throughout history grappled with finding and recording their forebears, focusing on Anglo-American white, Mormon, African American, Jewish, and Native American people. Morgan also describes how individuals and researchers use genealogy for personal and scholarly purposes, and she explores how local businesspeople, companies like Ancestry.com, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Finding Your Roots series powered the commercialization and commodification of genealogy.
Author: Rachal Mills Lennon
Author: Rachal Mills Lennon
Author: Angela Y. Walton-Raji
Author: Kent Carter
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Author: James R. Atkinson
Author: Henry Laurens Dawes
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Author: Henry Dawes
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