I'm trying to go on the dawes roll list and I don't have a clue how
I'm trying to go on the dawes roll list and I don't have a clue how
My grandmother Irene Powell was born December 24th 1923 in Dead Fall Alabama on the census in 1940 it says that she's a Cherokee Indian how do I get any other documents stating that she's a Cherokee Indian how do I go about getting information about her status
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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898 - 1914 (also known as the Dawes Rolls) in the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Record Group 75) that may include a listing for Irene Powell in the Cherokee Tribe. Most of these records have been digitized and are available using the Catalog and other third-party websites. For more information about these records, please contact the National Archives at Fort Worth (RRFF) at ftworth.archives@nara.gov.
When embarking on Native American genealogy, please note that the records in the custody of NARA often only detail those living on the reservations or being administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. NARA does not have a list of everyone with Native American heritage; the U.S. government never maintained such a list. We only have historical records that federal agencies like the Bureau of Indian Affairs created to document enrolled members of federally recognized tribes. If an ancestor was Native American and left the reservation or did not have interaction with the United States Government as such, they will not be recorded in NARA’s records and tracing their genealogy may be difficult.
If she was not formally affiliated with a federally recognized tribe, then she might still appear in the decennial census as an "Indian," if she was recorded as such. See Native American Heritage: Federal Population Census for more information about Native Americans in the decennial census. The web page Search Census Records Online and Other Resources provides information about accessing decennial census records online.
You may wish to review the NARA web page for Navigating Record Group 75: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Records to explore information about BIA records related to the Cherokee Tribe in Alabama.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!
Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!
We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898 - 1914 (also known as the Dawes Rolls) in the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Record Group 75) that may include a listing for Irene Powell in the Cherokee Tribe. Most of these records have been digitized and are available using the Catalog and other third-party websites. For more information about these records, please contact the National Archives at Fort Worth (RRFF) at ftworth.archives@nara.gov.
When embarking on Native American genealogy, please note that the records in the custody of NARA often only detail those living on the reservations or being administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. NARA does not have a list of everyone with Native American heritage; the U.S. government never maintained such a list. We only have historical records that federal agencies like the Bureau of Indian Affairs created to document enrolled members of federally recognized tribes. If an ancestor was Native American and left the reservation or did not have interaction with the United States Government as such, they will not be recorded in NARA’s records and tracing their genealogy may be difficult.
If she was not formally affiliated with a federally recognized tribe, then she might still appear in the decennial census as an "Indian," if she was recorded as such. See Native American Heritage: Federal Population Census for more information about Native Americans in the decennial census. The web page Search Census Records Online and Other Resources provides information about accessing decennial census records online.
You may wish to review the NARA web page for Navigating Record Group 75: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Records to explore information about BIA records related to the Cherokee Tribe in Alabama.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!
