Delaware Tribe of Indians: Difference between revisions

[[Image:Delaware Indians sign Treaty of Penn with Benjamin West a painting.jpg|thumb|right|300x260px|<center> Delaware Indians sign Treaty of Penn with Benjamin West a painting</center>]]  

The Tribal office of each tribe maintains many records of value to the American Indian researcher. Most of the tribes require enrollment in the tribe before they allow access to the records of its members.&nbsp;

*'''1700's: '''Tribal members began to settle along the OhioRiver

In the 1820's some of the tribe moved ot Texas, becoming known as the Southern Band of Delaware Indians  

<br>There are hundreds of Indian Reservations in the United States. Many are federally recognized and supervised.&nbsp; Some are state reservations, administered by the state office of Indian Affairs.  

[[Superintendencies - Bureau of Indian Affairs|Superintendencies]] authorized by the the Bureau of Indian Affairs&nbsp;supervised the local agencies and subagencies.&nbsp;

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1897-1898 Delaware Indian Census at Kiowa Ageency, Oklahoma Territory FHL film: 576900 Items 15 and Item 24  

1927 Census, Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma FHL Book&nbsp;Q&nbsp;970.466 B898c or Film 1697766 Item 12  

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."&nbsp;<ref>Blackburn, Bob L. "Battle Cry for History: The First Century of the Oklahoma Historical Society." n.d. Oklahoma Historical Society. 5 Oct. 1998.</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.] A separate index of Indians interviewed, including the Delaware, may be viewed at: [http://goodoowah.50megs.com/indpio/ “Indians in the Indian Pioneer Papers”] Two surnames from the Delaware tribe found in the collection are: Ketchum and Zeigler (Ketchum).  

[[American Indian Treaties with the United States|Treaty]] an agreement made by negotiation between two or more nations,to resolve conflict, incourage peace, alliance , and commerce.