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[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/ '''http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/'''] | [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/ '''http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/'''] | ||
<div>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. </div><div> | <div>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. </div><div> | ||
The census card may provide additional genealogical 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, 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. | The census card may provide additional genealogical 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, 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. | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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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]'''. | ||
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==== '''Content of the Records''' ==== | ==== '''Content of the Records''' ==== | ||
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'''''Enrollment Cards''''' (also called census cards) include residence, roll numbers, names of family members, relationships, ages, sex, degree of Indian, enrollment date, place and number, parents and their enrollment date or plane, spouses, divorces, children or grandchildren. This is one page of information. | '''''Enrollment Cards''''' (also called census cards) include residence, roll numbers, names of family members, relationships, ages, sex, degree of Indian, enrollment date, place and number, parents and their enrollment date or plane, spouses, divorces, children or grandchildren. This is one page of information. | ||
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'''''Applications for enrollment'''''include name, address, date of letter, file number, date received, subject, and action taken. Letters are with the applications. Applications are usually the most valuable. Sometimes they can contain a hundred pages. | '''''Applications for enrollment'''''include name, address, date of letter, file number, date received, subject, and action taken. Letters are with the applications. Applications are usually the most valuable. Sometimes they can contain a hundred pages. | ||
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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. | ||
=== Removal Records<br> === | === Removal Records<br> === | ||
The Indian Removal Act was signed May 26, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson. The Act instiated 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 instiated a policy of removal of American Indians tribes living east of the Mississippi River to land west of the river. | ||
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Before Removal | Before Removal | ||
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Emigrated | Emigrated | ||
! scope="col" | Deaths | ! scope="col" | Deaths | ||
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stayed in Sourtheast | stayed in Sourtheast | ||
! scope="col" | Information of Interest | ! scope="col" | Information of Interest | ||
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| 1831-1836 | | 1831-1836 | ||
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19,554 including and 6,000 Black Slaves | 19,554 including and 6,000 Black Slaves | ||
| 12,500 | | 12,500 | ||
| 2,000-4,000 (Cholera) | | 2,000-4,000 (Cholera) | ||
| 7,000 | | 7,000 | ||
| When the tribe reached Little Rock the Choctaw chief stated to the ''Arkansas Gazette ''that the removal was a | | When the tribe reached Little Rock the Choctaw chief stated to the ''Arkansas Gazette ''that the removal was a "trail of tears and death"<br> | ||
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| Seminole | | Seminole | ||
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''Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 1831'' | ''Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 1831'' | ||
<br>''Worchester v. Georgia, 1832'' | <br>''Worchester v. Georgia, 1832'' | ||
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4.Prucha, Francis Paul. ''The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians''. Voulme 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''. Voulme I. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1984. ISBN 0-8032-3668-9. | ||
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== Web sites == | == Web sites == | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
=== Bibliography === | === Bibliography === | ||
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[[Category:Indian_Tribes_of_the_United_States]] | [[Category:Indian_Tribes_of_the_United_States]] | ||