This is my great gradfather how do I find out if he is choctaw indian? John Evans lived in Choctaw, Mississippi, in 1900. 1900 • Beat 3, Choctaw, Mississippi, USA My grandmother lived in Clay Mississippi so I assume she was Chicksaw possibly. How can I ge

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Since the Chickasaw and Choctaw are among the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole), then you should be able to search for your ancestors in the Dawes Commission rolls. The Dawes Rolls, and their associated enrollment cards and applications, have been digitized and made available online through the National Archives catalog. The National Archives catalog is free to access from home. See:

• Final Dawes Rolls: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/300321
• Dawes Census (Enrollment) Cards: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/251747
  
• Dawes Applications: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/617283 

Also see the Dawes tutorial on the National Archives website (https://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/dawes/tutorial/intro.html) for more information on using our catalog to find Dawes-related records. 

We hope this helps with your research!

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