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Guide to '''{{PAGENAME}} ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and other agency records. | Guide to '''{{PAGENAME}} ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and other agency records. | ||
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Cherokee Tribe is one of the | Cherokee Tribe is one of the Five Civilized Tribes: [[Cherokee|Cherokee]], [[Choctaw Indians|Choctaw]], [[Chickasaw Indians|Chickasaw]], [[Creek Indians|Creek]] and [[Seminole Indians|Seminole]] Indians | ||
'''Leaders: '''Sequoyah, Elias Boudinot, [http://nancywardcherokee.blogspot.com Nancy Ward] | '''Leaders: '''Sequoyah, Elias Boudinot, [http://nancywardcherokee.blogspot.com Nancy Ward] | ||
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*'''1861:''' Beginning of the [[American Indians in the Civil War|Civil War]]. A treaty was signed between the Cherokee Nation and the Confederate government. | *'''1861:''' Beginning of the [[American Indians in the Civil War|Civil War]]. A treaty was signed between the Cherokee Nation and the Confederate government. | ||
*'''1861-1865:''' Civil War Some Cherokee fought with the Confederate and others with the Union | *'''1861-1865:''' Civil War Some Cherokee fought with the Confederate and others with the Union | ||
*'''1865: | *'''1865:'''Eastern Band lost many to a smallpox epidemic | ||
*'''1866:''' July 19, Treaty provided for the cession of the Cherokee "neutral lands" in [[Indians of Kansas|Kansas]]. Indians living on the land could receive a patent to 320 acres but stipulated that they would no longer be members of the Cherokee nation.The treaty also gave emancipation to all the Cherokee slaves. and citizenship to the Cherokee freedmen. <br> | *'''1866:''' July 19, Treaty provided for the cession of the Cherokee "neutral lands" in [[Indians of Kansas|Kansas]]. Indians living on the land could receive a patent to 320 acres but stipulated that they would no longer be members of the Cherokee nation.The treaty also gave emancipation to all the Cherokee slaves. and citizenship to the Cherokee freedmen. <br> | ||
*'''1880:''' Cherokee Nation Census FHL film 989204 | *'''1880:''' Cherokee Nation Census FHL film 989204 | ||
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'''Additional References to the History of the Tribe and/or Bands''' | '''Additional References to the History of the Tribe and/or Bands''' | ||
*Frederick Webb Hodge, in his [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/cherokee/cherohist.htm Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico | *Frederick Webb Hodge, in his [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/cherokee/cherohist.htm Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico], gave a more complete history of the Cherokee tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's [https://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/the-indian-tribes-of-north-america.htm The Indian Tribes of North America]. | ||
*Benjamin Greenleaf. Cherokee Almanac. 1860. FHL Film 989199 item 3 | *Benjamin Greenleaf. Cherokee Almanac. 1860. FHL Film 989199 item 3 | ||
*Fredrea Marilyn Hermann Cook. Forgotten Oklahoma Records. Cullman, Alabama: Gregath Co., 1981. FHL Book 970.3 C424co | *Fredrea Marilyn Hermann Cook. Forgotten Oklahoma Records. Cullman, Alabama: Gregath Co., 1981. FHL Book 970.3 C424co | ||