Deciding Who Can Be Cherokee: Enrollment Records of the Dawes Commission

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Article explains the details and the process behind the work of the Dawes Commission, a product of the General Allotment Act that led U.S. government officials to enroll members of Indian tribes into a registration system so they could divide up the tribes' lands.

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32 p. : ill.

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Carter, Kent Summer 1991.

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  • Main Title: Deciding Who Can Be Cherokee: Enrollment Records of the Dawes Commission
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Article explains the details and the process behind the work of the Dawes Commission, a product of the General Allotment Act that led U.S. government officials to enroll members of Indian tribes into a registration system so they could divide up the tribes' lands.

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32 p. : ill.

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Abstract: The massive task of obtaining an accurate roll of the Five Civilized Tribes before statehood was assigned to the Dawes Commission, whose staff spent years in Indian Territory under extremely trying conditions. To aid those who use the commission's records - family researchers, historians, and Indians, Kent Carter recounts the work of the commission among the Cherokees, describes the records and their present location, and notes the dilemma the Indians experienced at the time of enrollment.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 69(2), Oklahoma Historical Society, 1991, pp. 174-205

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 69
  • Issue: 2
  • Page Start: 174
  • Page End: 205

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Carter, Kent. Deciding Who Can Be Cherokee: Enrollment Records of the Dawes Commission, article, Summer 1991; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2031659/: accessed June 10, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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