Delaware Tribe of Indians: Difference between revisions

*[http://www.delawarenation.com/Home/tabid/37/Default.aspx The Delaware Nation] Official Website

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.   

The Delaware or Lenape were forced to cede lands and migrate many times, moving into Ohio, Kansas, Texas and Indian Territory<br>

*'''1600's:''' First contact was with the Dutch  

*'''1682:''' Treaty with William Penn.  

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

*'''1800: '''Many migrate to Indiana  

*'''1820:''' Some moved to Texas, became known as the Southern band  

*'''1824-51:''' The tribe was under the jurisdiction of the Fort Leavenworth Agency  

*'''1835:''' Many members resettled in Kansas  

*'''1851-55:''' The tribe was under the jurisdiction of the Kansas Agency while living in Kansas  

*'''1855-73:''' The tribe was under the jurisdiction of the Delaware Agency  

*'''1859:''' Delaware tribal members living in Texas removed to western Oklahoma  

*'''1867: '''Tribe began to settle west of the Mississippi River some removed to Canada  

*'''1867: '''Delaware tribal members living in Kansas move to eastern Oklahoma and purchase rights in the Cherokee Nation. In 1890 become Cherokee citizens.  

The Southern Band was under the jurisdiction of the Southern and Central Superintendencies  

Frederick Webb Hodge, in his [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/delaware/delawarehist.htm Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico], gave a more complete history of the Delaware tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/newjersey/index.htm The Indian Tribes of North America].  

The Delaware Tribe was under the following jurisdicdictions  

[[Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Agencies]] are the field offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. They recorded most of the records pertaining to individual Indians.  

[[Kiowa Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Kiowa Agency]]  

Reservations are tracks of land established by treaty or law for the American Indians to occupy and use.  

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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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).  

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[[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.  

=== Bibliography  ===

Weslager, C.A., ''The Delaware Indians: A History'', Rutgers University Press (1972), hardcover, 546 pages, {{OCLC|282073}}  

*[http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75], Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.