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 == Record Description  ==
-These records list the individuals who were accepted as eligible for tribal membership in the "Five Civilized Tribes": Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles. This record set is also known as the "Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes." The records include 101,000 names from 1898-1914 (primarily from 1899-1906). The actual enrollment papers are usually handwritten on pre-printed forms.
+The collection consists of digital images of land allotment records for the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory. Under the terms of the 1887 Dawes Act, Indian reservations were surveyed and lands held in common by the tribes were allotted in smaller parcels to individual members of the tribe. These records describe the parcels of land and name the tribal member to whom each parcel was allotted. Records are arranged by name of tribe (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole), by membership designation (member by blood, by intermarriage or freedmen), application number and according to age group -- newborn and minor children are listed separately. FamilySearch is indexing these records now and the index will be published when it is complete.
-=== Record Content  ===
+== Record Content  ==
 The information usually included in the index includes the following: