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In 1893 Congress established a commission to exchange Indian tribal lands in the southeastern United States for new land allotments to individuals in Oklahoma. The ''Commission to the Five Civilized tribes ''was called the ''[[Dawes Commission Enrollment Records for Five U.S. Indian Tribes|Dawes Commission]]'' after its chairman, Senator Dawes. More than 250,000 people applied to this commission for enrollment and land. Just over 100,000 were approved. | In 1893 Congress established a commission to exchange Indian tribal lands in the southeastern United States for new land allotments to individuals in Oklahoma. The ''Commission to the Five Civilized tribes ''was called the ''[[Dawes Commission Enrollment Records for Five U.S. Indian Tribes|Dawes Commission]]'' after its chairman, Senator Dawes. More than 250,000 people applied to this commission for enrollment and land. Just over 100,000 were approved. | ||
The Dawes Rolls are very important for Native American Research for anyone who has native american ancestors who were from the five civilized tribes. The Dawes Rolls were and still are used to determine if people were native american or not. | The Dawes Rolls are very important for Native American Research for anyone who has native american ancestors who were from the five civilized tribes. The Dawes Rolls were and still are used to determine if people were native american or not. | ||
The following is a description of the Dawes Rolls from the following website: | The following is a description of the Dawes Rolls from the following website: | ||
[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/ | [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/ '''http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/'''] | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote>The Dawes Rolls, also known as the "Final Rolls", are the lists of individuals who were accepted as eligible for tribal membership in the "Five Civilized Tribes": Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles. The Rolls contain more than 101,000 names from 1898-1914 (primarily from 1899-1906). They can be searched to discover the enrollee's name, sex, blood degree, and census card number.</blockquote> | ||
The Dawes Rolls, also known as the "Final Rolls", are the lists of individuals who were accepted as eligible for tribal membership in the "Five Civilized Tribes": Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles. | </p> | ||
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<blockquote> <br>The census card may provide additional genealogical<br>information, and may also contain references to earlier rolls, such as the 1880 Cherokee census. A census card was generally accompanied by an "application jacket". The jackets then sometimes contain valuable supporting documentation,<br>such as birth and death affidavits, marriage licenses, and correspondence. Today these five tribes continue to use the Dawes Rolls as the basis for determining tribal membership. They usually require applicants to provide proof of descent from a person who is listed on these rolls.<br></blockquote> | |||
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The following site will give you a step-by-step example of what you can find using the Dawes Rolls at the Family History Library. In this example, the name of the person is George Guess and he is from the Cherokee tribe. | |||
To go to this site, click on '''[http://dawesrolls.blogspot.com Dawes Rolls]'''. | |||
To go to this site, click on '''[http://dawesrolls.blogspot.com Dawes Rolls]'''. | |||
'''Content of the Records''' | '''Content of the Records''' | ||