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-''[[United States|United States&nbsp;]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] &nbsp;[[Tennessee|Tennessee&nbsp;]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] &nbsp;[[Indians_of_Tennessee|American Indians]]''
+''[[United States|United States&nbsp;]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] &nbsp;[[Tennessee|Tennessee&nbsp;]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] &nbsp;[[Indians_of_Tennessee|American Indians]]'' {{Adoption TNGenWeb}} [[Image:{{CherColl}}]]The most prominent early Indian tribes in Tennessee were the Cherokee and the Chickasaw. The Chickasaws claimed most of western Tennessee as their hunting grounds. The Cherokees claimed southeastern Tennessee and northeast Georgia as their homeland. By 1818, the Chickasaws had ceded their land away by treaty to the State of Tennessee. <br><br>
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-[[Image:{{CherColl}}]]The most prominent early Indian tribes in Tennessee were the Cherokee and the Chickasaw. The Chickasaws claimed most of western Tennessee as their hunting grounds. The Cherokees claimed southeastern Tennessee and northeast Georgia as their homeland. By 1818, the Chickasaws had ceded their land away by treaty to the State of Tennessee. <br><br>
-The majority of Cherokees living in Tennessee were forced to go to the Indian Territory (now a part of Oklahoma) in the 1830s. A few hid in the mountains bordering Tennessee and North Carolina. "Documenting descent from Native Americans who did not remove from Tennessee is usually a major challenge."<ref>Gale Williams Bamman, CG, "Research in Tennessee," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 81, No. 2 (Jun. 1993): 111-113. {{FHL|39597|title-id|disp=FHL&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;US/CAN Book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)}}.</ref> People suspecting such descent may wish to consider Native American DNA tests, such as those available through [http://www.familytreedna.com/ FamilyTreeDNA]&nbsp;(while being aware of the limitations of such tests).
+The majority of Cherokees living in Tennessee were forced to go to the Indian Territory (now a part of Oklahoma) in the 1830s. A few hid in the mountains bordering Tennessee and North Carolina. "Documenting descent from Native Americans who did not remove from Tennessee is usually a major challenge."<ref>Gale Williams Bamman, CG, "Research in Tennessee," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 81, No. 2 (Jun. 1993): 111-113. {{FHL|39597|title-id|disp=FHL&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;US/CAN Book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)}}.</ref> People suspecting such descent may wish to consider Native American DNA tests, such as those available through [http://www.familytreedna.com/ FamilyTreeDNA]&nbsp;(while being aware of the limitations of such tests).
 See [[Indians of Oklahoma|Indians of Oklahoma]] for information about the five civilized tribes and their records in Oklahoma.
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 == Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs  ==
 [[Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Agencies]] and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]] and its predecessors. Their purpose was (and is) to manage Indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. The names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same. Many of the records of genealogical value were created by these offices.
 The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Tennessee has been compiled from Hill's ''Office of Indian Affairs...''<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches'', Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc. 1974. (Family History Library {{FHL|247426|title-id|disp=book 970.1 H551o}}.)</ref>, Hill's ''Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians''<ref>Hill, Edward E. (comp.). ''Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981. (FHL {{FHL|207428|title-id|disp=book 970.1 H551g}}.)</ref>, and others.
 *[[Cherokee Indian Agency (Tennessee)|Cherokee Agency]]
-*[[Chickasaw Indian Agency (East)|Chickasaw Agency]]
+::Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee, 1801-1835. M208. 14 rolls. {{FHL|Film: 1024418}} (first film of 14)
+**[[Chickasaw Indian Agency (East)|Chickasaw Agency]]
 == History of the Cherokee Indians  ==
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 *Hill, Edward E. (comp.). ''Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
 *Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
 *"Historic Indians" in ''Tennessee: A Guide to the State.'' Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Tennessee. American Guide Series. (No Place: New Deal Network, 1996) Original published: Tennessee: State of Tennessee. Department of Conservation, Division of Information, 1939. [http://newdeal.feri.org/guides/tnguide/ch03.htm#18 Available online].<br>
 *''Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880''. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
 *Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].