American Indian Genealogy

Step 1

Identify the relative that is on the Dawes roles - if not click here and start on beginning genealogy and return to Step 2

Step 2

At this point you should have identified the individual that is potentially an Indian.

look up the Dawes individual more information may be obtained by reviewing the documents in the PCGHS library

Cherokee Dawes site if above does not provide the information necessary

Step 3

At this point you should have identified the individual that is legally an Indian (he is on the Dawes roll), his Dawes Roll number, Tribe and in many cases the Clan.

Choctaw Nation

http://s3.amazonaws.com/choctaw-msldigital/assets/284/cdibappl_original.pdf

Cherokee Nation

http://www.cherokee.org/Docs/Org2010/2011/3/3166030869Cherokee_Registration.pdf

Chickasaw

http://www.chickasaw.net/docs/CDIB_ApplicationRE.pdf

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