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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Oklahoma]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[American Indian Genealogy|American Indian Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Oklahoma]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[American Indian Genealogy|American Indian Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Indians of Oklahoma]]'' | ||
See also [[Native American Research in Oklahoma|Native American Research in Oklahoma]] and [[Oklahoma Indian Tribes|Oklahoma Indian Tribes]] | See also [[Native American Research in Oklahoma|Native American Research in Oklahoma]] and [[Oklahoma Indian Tribes|Oklahoma Indian Tribes]] | ||
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== Tribes and Bands of Oklahoma == | == Tribes and Bands of Oklahoma == | ||
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The following list of American Indians who have lived in Oklahoma has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians...''<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> and from Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America''<ref>Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/oklahoma/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe. | The following list of American Indians who have lived in Oklahoma has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians...''<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> and from Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America''<ref>Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/oklahoma/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe. | ||
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*[[Wichita Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Wichita Agency]] | *[[Wichita Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Wichita Agency]] | ||
=== Records | === Records === | ||
The Indian Archives Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society has an extensive collection for Native American research including copies of the Dawes Rolls. Many of these records are on microfilm at the'''Family History Library'''. | The Indian Archives Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society has an extensive collection for Native American research including copies of the Dawes Rolls. Many of these records are on microfilm at the'''Family History Library'''. | ||
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*Sequoyah Indian School 1910-1950. FHL film: 1205530 items 9-11, and 1205531, and 1205299 item 4 | *Sequoyah Indian School 1910-1950. FHL film: 1205530 items 9-11, and 1205531, and 1205299 item 4 | ||
== Indian Schools == | ==== Indian Schools ==== | ||
The Office of Indian Affairs (now the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]]) established a network of schools throughout the United States, beginning with Carlisle Indian School, established in 1879. Some of these schools were day schools, usually focusing on Indian children of a single tribe or reservation. Some were boarding schools which served Indian children from a number of tribes and reservations. | The Office of Indian Affairs (now the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]]) established a network of schools throughout the United States, beginning with Carlisle Indian School, established in 1879. Some of these schools were day schools, usually focusing on Indian children of a single tribe or reservation. Some were boarding schools which served Indian children from a number of tribes and reservations. | ||
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*[[Wheelock Academy (Oklahoma)|Wheelock Academy]] | *[[Wheelock Academy (Oklahoma)|Wheelock Academy]] | ||
== Indian Health Facilities == | ==== Indian Health Facilities ==== | ||
*[[Choctaw and Chickasaw Hospital (Oklahoma)|Choctaw and Chickasaw Hospital]] | *[[Choctaw and Chickasaw Hospital (Oklahoma)|Choctaw and Chickasaw Hospital]] | ||
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These rolls can be searched online at http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/native-americans-guion-miller.html | These rolls can be searched online at http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/native-americans-guion-miller.html | ||
== Doris Duke Oral History Project == | |||
From 1966 to 1972, several universities conducted oral history interviews with Native Americans. The project was funded by Doris Duke, heiress of the Duke tobacco family. The University of Oklahoma was one of the universities that participated in the project. [http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/whc/duke/ Transcripts] of those interviews are online through the University of Oklahoma in Norman. See [[American Indian Oral Histories]] | |||
== Indian Pioneer Papers == | |||
"My mother, Carolina Jones, was born in the state of Tennessee and is buried there. My grandmother on my mother's side, Nancy Jones, was born in the state of Mississippi and is buried in White County, Tennessee. I was born April 3, 1849, at Stagestand, White County, Tennessee... "<ref>University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collection ''Interview with William Perry Earles of Ringling, Oklahoma.'' University of Oklahoma, 1938. Interviewer: Ethel V. Elder. Interviewee: William Perry Earles (ID - 10654)</ref> | |||
This paragraph begins a fourteen page interview of William Perry Earles of Ringling, Oklahoma, 1938, as part of a project called [http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/whc/pioneer/ The Indian-Pioneer Papers ]. In 1936, the Oklahoma Historical Society and University of Oklahoma requested a writer's project grant from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in which interviews would be conducted with early settlers in Oklahoma who had lived on Indian land. More than 100 writers conducted over 11,000 interviews and were asked to "call upon early settlers and (record) the story of the migration to Oklahoma and their early life here."<ref name="null">A.M. Gibson, ed., The West Wind Blows: The Autobiography of Edward Everett Dale (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1984), 346-347; Grant Foreman, "The Oklahoma Historical Society," pamphlet, Vertical Files, Library Resources Division, Oklahoma Historical Society (hereafter cited as OHS LRD); "Indian-Pioneer History Project, W.P.A. 131," The Chronicles of Oklahoma, 37 (Winter, 1959-60), 507-509. As reported on okhistory.org/battlecry.html</ref> | |||
The [http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/whc/pioneer/ University of Oklahoma Western History Collection] has digitized the Indian Pioneer Papers which consists of approximately 80,000 indexed entries arranged alphabetically by personal name, place name, or subject. <ref>The University of Oklahoma Western History Collections http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/whc/pioneer/</ref> An index to the Indian Pioneer Papers may also be found at [http://www.okgenweb.org/pioneer/ OkGenWeb Oklahoma Genealogy.] To view a separate index of the “Indians in the Indian Pioneer Papers” click [http://goodoowah.50megs.com/indpio/ here.] | |||
The Collection may also be viewed at the Family History Library. "Indian Pioneer Papers, 1860 - 1935" (Millwood, New York : Kraus Microform, 1989) {{FHL|6016865}}-6016981 | |||
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=== '''Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Records''' === | |||
The U.S. [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]] (BIA) was authorized to administer Indian programs beginning in 1824. A local field agency or subagency of the BIA served the tribes in a given area. Some of the agencies that served Oklahoma were the Concho, Kiowa, Osage, Pawnee, Quapaw, and Shawnee. Most of the agency records are at the [[National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth)]], with a few at the [http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/ National Archives—Central Plains Region]. For further information see Edward E. Hill, comp., ''Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians.'' Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1981. {{FHL|207428|title-id|disp=(Family History Library fiche 6125461.)}} | |||
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of many records of the BIA and the field agencies including: | |||
*Land allotment records. | |||
*Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, arranged by agencies for the entire United States {{FHL|573847|film|disp=(On 692 Family Histroy Library films beginning with 573847).}} | |||
*BIA heirship, school, census, annuity, probate, land, vital, and other records. | |||
== Reservations == | == Reservations == | ||
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*[[Wyandot Indian Reservation (Oklahoma)|Wyandot Reservation]]: Federal, under the jurisdiction of Miami Agency, Tribe: Wyandot<br> | *[[Wyandot Indian Reservation (Oklahoma)|Wyandot Reservation]]: Federal, under the jurisdiction of Miami Agency, Tribe: Wyandot<br> | ||
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== Family History Library == | == Family History Library == | ||
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Five Civilized Tribes Museum<br>Federal Building <br>Agency Hill<br>Honor Heights Drive<br>Muskogee, OK 74401<br>Telephone: 918-683-1701<br>Fax: 918-683-3070<br>Internet: [http://www.fivetribes.org/ www.fivetribes.org] | Five Civilized Tribes Museum<br>Federal Building <br>Agency Hill<br>Honor Heights Drive<br>Muskogee, OK 74401<br>Telephone: 918-683-1701<br>Fax: 918-683-3070<br>Internet: [http://www.fivetribes.org/ www.fivetribes.org] | ||
*Oklahoma Historical Society - Indain Archive Division Cherokee 129 films {{FHL|529945|title-id|disp=Family History | *Oklahoma Historical Society - Indain Archive Division Cherokee 129 films {{FHL|529945|title-id|disp=Family History Library 1st film 1666294}}, Chickasaw 31 films 1st film 1666136, Choctaw 90 films 1st film 1666451, Creek 51 films Family History Library1st film 1666121, and Seminole 6 films 1st film 1666130 | ||
*Dawes Commission Rolls - Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (cards, Index M1186 and Applicaiton M1301) | *Dawes Commission Rolls - Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (cards, Index M1186 and Applicaiton M1301) | ||
*Guion Miller Rolls (M1104) | *Guion Miller Rolls (M1104) | ||
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*Debo, Angie. “Major Indian Record Collections in Oklahoma,” in ''Indian-White Relations: A Persistent Paradox'', edited by Jane Smith and Robert Kvasnicka. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1976. | *Debo, Angie. “Major Indian Record Collections in Oklahoma,” in ''Indian-White Relations: A Persistent Paradox'', edited by Jane Smith and Robert Kvasnicka. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1976. | ||
*Svoboda, Joseph G. ''Guide to American Indian Resource Materials in Great Plains Repositories.'' Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska, Center for Great Plains Studies, 1983. | *Svoboda, Joseph G. ''Guide to American Indian Resource Materials in Great Plains Repositories.'' Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska, Center for Great Plains Studies, 1983. | ||
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