I am native amarican and need to check my origns through the drawls.. only I cant find them?

Question

I am half cherokee and am 30 and I want to track my origin through the drawls. I think they area called that.. My parents

tell me that since I am disabled I could profit and further my education, or get medical benefits or money.. Only I cant find it on the web anywhere.... Can anyone help me find it?? And possibly for free??(the search on the drawls) ty for any help..

Answer 1

You mean the DAWES ROLLS--a commission set up to in about 1896 to convince the 5 Civilized Tribes to give up their reservation system (their governments, schools, etc) in exchange for a piece of government land.

These sites on a Yahoo search should help. Just go to the websites mentioned and they tell you what to do, what is needed, etc:

DAWES ROLL BY TRIBE cherokee chickasaw choctaw creek delaware seminole

Richard Alleman dawes rolls cherokee chickasaw choctaw creek delaware mississippi choctaw seminole freedmen guion miller kern clifton wallace enrollment ...

www.dawesrolls.com

Dawes Rolls

Dawes Rolls, the Final Rolls of the Citizens and Freedmen of the Five ... the Dawes Commission as members of these five Indian tribes: Cherokee, Creek, ...

www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/da...

Cherokee Census Rolls - FREE Lookups, Dawes, Guion Miller, Baker

Free Cherokee census rolls lookups and resources. Dawes, Miller, Baker. ... and include: Dawes Roll Number, Census Card Number, Degree of Cherokee Blood for ...

Cherokee Museum: Dawes Roll "Plus"

Dawes Roll "Plus" of Cherokee Nation "1898" by Bob Blankenship. ... All 36,714 Cherokee Nation Citizens of Cherokee blood are included. Pages measure 9" x 12" ...

cherokeemuseum.org/Merchant2/merchant....

www.comanchelodge.com/cherokee-rolls.h...

Cherokee genealogical services

The Dawes Application Rolls for the five civilized tribes" ... constructed from the History of the Cherokee Indians ( prior to the Dawes Rolls ) ...

www.cherokeebyblood.com/services.htm

Final Rolls Index

INDEX TO THE FINAL ROLLS (DAWES) Page No. Title. Image Size. A. Cover page (174729 bytes) ... Cherokee by Blood (183751 bytes) 239. Cherokee by Blood (214457 ...

www.archives.gov/research/arc/native-a...

(That should help get you started. Good luck)

Answer 2

I believe you mean the Rolls. Tracking your heritage can be a daunting task. Check with the Cherokee registration, here's a link:http://www.comanchelodge.com/cherokee-ro...

Shoshone/Bannock

Answer 3

Native American Indian Genealogy

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/

Indian Health Services - Native American Resources

http://www.ihs.gov/misc/links_gateway/su...

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Native American http://www.cyndislist.com/native.htm

Carolyne's Genealogy Helper

http://www.angelfire.com/tx/carolynegene...

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Answer 4

Dawes Commission... You can contact

http://www.cherokee.org/

For the paperwork to get your CDIB card (Certificate Degree of Indian Blood and then you can apply for your membership to the Tribe.

You have to be able to trace your heritage back to the Rolls, and you have to have had a family member in your blood line that was signed up on the roll..

Good luck.

Answer 5

It's called Daws.  I have several relatives that were native american, unfortunately, they did not include their race in the census, they were half indian, and listed themselves as white.  Some states have census records of only native americans.  I have some papers at home (not with me) that show where you can look in more detail and to get grants, etc that came from a powwow last year.  I'll message you with some links once I do find them if your interested, you can message me through here.  One place you may look is www.usgenweb.com.  They have some good information people have donated online (looking for their own relatives).  Ancestry.com is also a great place to start, you may have a free account, and if you know relatives names, you may view partial census records for free (which include names and ages).  Another site sponsered by ancestry.com that is free is www.rootsweb.com.  It shows family trees and various information.  Another way to find out is go to the county your relatives lived in, or write the county recorder and ask how to obtain death certificates.  This is an easy and effective way to learn more about older relatives.  In some states you must contact vital statistics, I don't know where you live exactly.  If you search for native american roots on ask.com you will find various links to look at.  At any rate, good luck with your searches.

EDIT  The 1880 census on ancestry.com is supposed to be free to look at.