Información de la fuente

Ancestry.com. Índice de la Comisión Dawes, 1896 [base de datos en línea]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Datos originales:

Applications from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, Relating to Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes under the Act of 1896. Microfilm Series M1650; NAID: 268520; Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1999; National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX.

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Registros de 1896 de cinco tribus civilizadas: cherokee, choctaw, seminole, creek y chickasaw

This is an index to over 14,000 records of individuals in the Five Civilized Tribes that applied for citizenship under the Act of 1896. The Five Civilized Tribes include the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and the Seminole. Each record includes the individual's name tribe, and case number. This compilation, in effect an Indian census, was also used as the basis for the allotment of tribal lands to individual Indians.