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 ...

In 2002, a U.S. district court ordered the tribe to reinstate their membership, however, today the descendants of those on the Seminole Nation's Freedmen rolls are only allowed to vote and sit on ...

The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — When she was born in Indian Territory in 1900, Muscogee (Creek) tribal member Martha Berryhill was not considered an American citizen because citizenship was ...

FORT WORTH — In the early 1900s, 61-year-old Clement Rogers filled out federal paperwork at a post office in Claremore, Okla., that detailed his ties to the Cherokee Indians.

Seminole Chief Jerry Haney says the black members of the tribe are no longer welcome. ... which is hard for most black Seminoles because of something called the Dawes Rolls.

The Dawes Rolls can be used to trace your ancestry to one of the Five Tribes, which include Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole, says OHS. DETAILS: DATE: Wednesday, ...

U.S. President Grover Cleveland appointed H.L. Dawes as head of the commission that Congress created in 1893 under the Dawes Act, which ultimately provided for the allotment of lands to ...

According to the index, Ben July was 24 years old and was recorded on Card No. 631, Roll No. 1953. The “About the Dawes Roll” section of the page tells you that the ages listed are usually the ...

For the past two weeks, I have been writing about the Dawes Commission of 1893 and how it created a list that enumerates the citizens of the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Creek, Chocktaw ...

In 2002, a U.S. district court ordered the tribe to reinstate their membership, however, today the descendants of those on the Seminole Nation’s Freedmen rolls are only allowed to vote and sit ...

In 2002, a U.S. district court ordered the tribe to reinstate their membership, however, today the descendants of those on the Seminole Nation's Freedmen rolls are only allowed to vote and sit on ...