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The final roll for allotting the land and terminating the Cherokee/Shawnee Nation of Oklahoma. Senator Henry L. Dawes was the commission's, and consequently, the name Dawes is associated with the final roll. This is 1 of 15 Indian Rolls) The roll turned out to not be as final as it was expected to be. Upon the reorganization of the Cherokee Nation, one must prove ancestry to a person enrolled by Dawes.
Dawes Commission Index, 1896
Description:
This is an index to over 14,000 records of
individuals in the Five Civilized Tribes that applied for citizenship
under the Act of 1896. The Five Civilized Tribes include the Cherokee,
Choctaw, Chicasaw, Creek and the Seminole. Each record includes the
individual's name tribe, and case number. This compilation, in effect an
Indian census, was also used as the basis for the allotment of tribal
lands to individual Indians.
Extended Description:
Source Information:
United States. National Archives and Records
Administration. Applications From the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Muskogee Area Office, Relating to Enrollment in the Five Civilized
Tribes Under the Act of 1896, National Archives and Records
Administration, Washington: 1992.
Dawes Commission Index, 1898-1914
Description:
Commonly called the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes,
the Dawes Commission was appointed by President Grover Cleveland in 1893. In
return for abolishing their tribal governments and recognizing state and federal
laws, tribe members of the Five Civilized Tribes - the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw,
Chickasaw and Seminole - were given a share of common property. This database
indexes the original applications for tribal enrollments under the act of June
28, 1898. It also indexes documents such as birth and death affidavits, marriage
licenses, and decisions and orders of the Commission.
Extended Description:
Source Information:
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Applications
for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914, National Archives
and Records Administration, Washington: 1992.
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