Citizen Potawatomi Nation
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Guide to Citizen Potawatomi ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and other agency records.
Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
1601 S. Gordon Cooper Drive
Shawnee, OK 74801
Phone: 405-275-3121
Website
History[edit | edit source]
Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]
Additional References to the History of the Tribe and/or Band[edit | edit source]
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.
Population: 1984: Enrollment 11,088 [1]
Reservations[edit | edit source]
Records[edit | edit source]
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:
- Allotment records
- Annuity rolls
- Census records
- Correspondence
- Health records
- Reports
- School census and records
- Vital records
Land Records[edit | edit source]
Tribally owned land: 261.34 acres. Allotted land: 3,769.46 acres [2]
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Citizen Potawatomi Nation Official Website
- Citizen Potawatomi Nation Wikipedia
- Constitution of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation
For Further Reading[edit | edit source]
For background information to help find Native American ancestors see For Further Reading.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Indian Reservations A State and Federal Handbook. Compiled by The Confederation of American Indians, New York, N.Y. McFarland and Co. Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, c. 1986. FS Library book 970.1 In2 page 220
- ↑ Indian Reservations A State and Federal Handbook. Compiled by The Confederation of American Indians, New York, N.Y. McFarland and Co. Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, c. 1986. FS Library book 970.1 In2 page 219