Cherokee Nation citizenship is a legal determination based on a person's ability to trace his or her ancestry back to the Dawes Rolls. These lists were created by the U.S. Dawes Commission when the ...

"The 1898 Dawes roll plus Guion Miller roll informtion for those that were on both rolls. One can look forward in time from 1898 to the 1906 Guion Miller roll and see such things as a 1906 surname ...

"The 1909 Guion Miller roll plus 1898 Dawes roll information for those that were on both rolls. Includes all applicants for the Miller roll, both accepted and not accepted for the Court of Claims ...

When searching for your Indian Territory native ancestors, Dawes Commission census cards and enrollment packets are the primary resource. The Dawes Commission was organized in 1893 to accept ...

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of people in Oklahoma are still fighting for full citizenship in the tribal ...