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== History == | === History === | ||
The Five Civilized Tribes consist of the [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokee,]] [[Chickasaw Indians|Chickasaw]], [[Choctaw Indians|Choctaw]], [[Creek Indians|Creek]], and [[Seminole Indians|Seminole]] Indian Tribes. | The Five Civilized Tribes consist of the [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokee,]] [[Chickasaw Indians|Chickasaw]], [[Choctaw Indians|Choctaw]], [[Creek Indians|Creek]], and [[Seminole Indians|Seminole]] Indian Tribes. | ||
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These tribes had Freedmen who were former [[African American Research|African American]] slaves of tribal members or descendants of former slaves living among them. | These tribes had Freedmen who were former [[African American Research|African American]] slaves of tribal members or descendants of former slaves living among them. | ||
== Records == | === Records === | ||
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'''[[Dawes Commission Enrollment Records|Dawes Commission Enrollment Records]].''' | '''[[Dawes Commission Enrollment Records|Dawes Commission Enrollment Records]].''' | ||
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[[The U.S. Eastern Cherokee or Guion Miller Roll|Eastern Cherokee or Guion Miller Roll]] This is a list of Eastern Cherokees who applied for money awarded in 1905 because of a law suit. | [[The U.S. Eastern Cherokee or Guion Miller Roll|Eastern Cherokee or Guion Miller Roll]] This is a list of Eastern Cherokees who applied for money awarded in 1905 because of a law suit. | ||
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=== Removal Records === | ==== Military Records ==== | ||
Pompey, Sherman Lee. Genealogical Records on the Confederate Indian Troops {{FHL|58574|item|disp=FHL book 970.1 P772g and Microfiche 6049323}} | |||
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The Indian Removal Act was signed May 26, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson. The Act initiated a policy of removal of American Indians tribes living east of the Mississippi River to land west of the river. | The Indian Removal Act was signed May 26, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson. The Act initiated a policy of removal of American Indians tribes living east of the Mississippi River to land west of the river. | ||
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4.Prucha, Francis Paul. ''The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians''. Volume I. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1984. ISBN 0-8032-3668-9. | 4.Prucha, Francis Paul. ''The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians''. Volume I. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1984. ISBN 0-8032-3668-9. | ||
== Web sites == | === Web sites === | ||
[http://www.voy.com/198885/ Five Civilized Tribes Genealogy Forum] by Voy Forums This board is open for families and tribes of the Five Civilized Nations and others who lived in the Southern Woodlands Cultrue Area (south of Ohio River, east of Mississippi River, tribes of coastal Virginia and the Carolinias north of Cape Fear.) Tribes include: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw and Seminole as well as Saponi, Monacan, [[Catawba Indians|Catawba]], Okmulgee, Alabama,[[Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana|Biloxi]], Pascagoula, [[Natchez Indians|Natchez]], Calusa, Apalachee, Houma, etc. | [http://www.voy.com/198885/ Five Civilized Tribes Genealogy Forum] by Voy Forums This board is open for families and tribes of the Five Civilized Nations and others who lived in the Southern Woodlands Cultrue Area (south of Ohio River, east of Mississippi River, tribes of coastal Virginia and the Carolinias north of Cape Fear.) Tribes include: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw and Seminole as well as Saponi, Monacan, [[Catawba Indians|Catawba]], Okmulgee, Alabama,[[Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana|Biloxi]], Pascagoula, [[Natchez Indians|Natchez]], Calusa, Apalachee, Houma, etc. | ||