Records include marriage licenses, certificates, marriage cards, affidavits, census, citizenship, and enrollment records. This project's new focus, as of April 2018, will be to clean up the inaccuracies in the Cherokee branches of the Geni family tree and to maintain the most accurate genealogical model of Cherokee ancestry that exists online. Auquitakey Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. The Standing Wolf Towns within the boundary Johnawane Sr. Cherokee Heritage Center - Cherokee National Historical Society 21192 S. Keller Drive Park Hill, OK 74451 Phone: 918-456-6007 PO Box 515 Tahlequah, OK 74465-0515 Cherokee Heritage Center Website History The Spanish explorer De Soto was the first to encounter the Cherokee in the 1540s. Sawochee The names you will find in this project does not necessarily mean that this is a direct translation from Cherokee to English, many times it was a nickname. Suwaga (woman) a Cherokee," thus claiming your heritage. Please note: Blood Quantum is calculated from your ancestor listed on the 1924 Baker Roll. Mc Cray Hiram Biography of William S. Sanderson, M.D. Suwaga Common Cherokee surnames include Rogers, Starr, McDaniel, Lowrey, Gunter, Hicks, Kingfisher, Vann, Ward, Adair, Crittenden, Cornsilk, Sizemore and Smith. Not in the account of Needham and Arthur (1674), the first English men to travel to the Cherokee Nation and return to tell about it. U.S., Native American Applications for Enrollment in Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914, U.S., Records Related to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910, Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/dawes/intro.html. Nanny Grass Downing, Jack Jr. U.S., Census Records and Cherokee Muster Rolls, 1835-1838. The several Indian tribes in America have been compared to the fragments of a vast ruin. Then you are entitled to say, "my grandparent was Spike Buck Tom Onion in the Pot Grasshopper Nauchea Ned Rising Faun To be eligible for enrollment with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian, an applicant must: be a direct lineal descendant of someone on the 1924 Baker roll, possess at least 1/16th degree Eastern Cherokee blood. Better than Ridgeline? The Qualla town people are divided into seven clans or divisions, over each of which a chief presides. Hawkins Walter For that reason, a search may not turn up your ancestor if you do not spell the name exactly as it is listed in the document. Only among the Jewish community, which has a long tribal-religious tradition of its own, does the mysterious Indian grandmother, the primeval princess, fail to dominate the family tree. Naler Nanchy Researchers should consult the full roll in order to get more specific information on each family listed. Biography of John Pope Love (Source: Look to the Past) Juan Pardo In 1567 an expedition of Spaniards, sent out from Florida by Pedro Menendez de Aviles and led by Juan Pardo, passed near here (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program) Parker s in Thomas' Legion Cherokee, Civil War. This immersive village experience will surround you with native culture and shed light on all aspects of Cherokee history. Christie John Missionaries gave people new names when they were baptized. Harrahs features over 21 stories of four-star luxury hotel rooms along with fine dining, the relaxing Mandara Spa, and all of the gaming you can possibly enjoy in the Smokies. 67 0 obj <> endobj Ooketulla Sezuachee At the same time, volunteers were Cherokee George Several years of negotiation and pressure on the Indians were required to secure their assent to this proposal. A couple stayed together only as long as both were happy with the arrangement, and both men and women had children with multiple partners. Chululoga The Cherokee, along with most indigenous people, were matrilineal. Snail 6,311, and tribal enrollment is 10,000. There are occasional rare statements by a Cherokee person included in historical records which mention a family relationship, but there are limited historical records before 1750. Tew stew Coffee Colechah Horsefly This list is specific to North Carolina. Some Cherokee surnames have English, Scots-Irish and Scottish origins. A male ancestor has too much of the aura of the savage warrior, the unknown primitive, the instinctive animal, to make him a respectable member of the family tree. Cherokee () Principal Chiefs and Uka: Eastern, Western and Keetoowah, Siler Roll, Cherokees east of the Mississippi, United States with Counties, Areas, Communities Project, Joel Bryan (Tsa-wa Gak-ski) K Mayes, Major, (CSA), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, A-Chin-Nih Ga-Da-La-Nuh - Jennie Big Feather, Ah-Cle-Daw-He-Sequah-Neet - Runabout Youngpig, Ah-Gee-Na-Yuh-Gih - Groundhog In The Hole, Ah-Ni-Wake - Charlotte Ann Towers and/or Mrs. Anna Conner, Au-Nah-Hee - Fannie Myrtle (Keys) Leforce, Backwater - Ah-Muh-Ah-Chun-Nuh or Ah-Ma-Ah-Chu-Chu, Bear Meat - Yah-Choo-Hoo-Me-Yuh or Yah-Na-Wa-Caw, Bell - Chee-Naw-Yuh-Kih or Hooley or Charley Mills, Benge, Patsy - White Girl or Ga-Ha-Yuh-Ga, Big Dollar - A-Luh-Quah or Ah-Day-Luh-A-Quah, Big Feather, Jennie - A-Chin-Nih Ga-Da-La-Nuh, Big Thighs - William Boling or Oo-Kee-Se-Neet-Tee, Bird Chopper, Moses *BCW - Buffalo White Killer *ACW, Bolin, Jackson *ACW - Choo-Da-Gee-Da *BCW, Boling, William - Big William or Oo-Kee-Se-Neet-Tee, Boudinot, Elias - Buck Deer or Gul-La-Gee-Nah, Boudinot, Frank Josiah - Colonah or Kaw-La-Nah or Raven, Buckskin - Oo-Chaw-Way-Duh or Oo-Juh-Wa-Dih or George Waters, Bug Tucker - Charlie Tucker or Ta-You-Ne-Se, Canought, George *HR - Ut-Ta-Gees-Kili *CR, Caw-Ca-Lees-Ky *BCW - Henry Walkabout *ACW, Che-Tah-Guh-Ah-Chuh-Yuh - Chicken Rooster, Che-You-De-Gah-Law-Ski - Broken Canoe or Boat Splitter, Chicken Rooster - Che-Tah-Guh-Ah-Chuh-Yuh, Clanteestah - The Pheasant or Clon-Te-Sta, Clon-Te-Sta - Clanteestah or The Pheasant, Coluna - Willie Penn (Adair) (Martin) Cochran, Conseene - Cah-Na-See-Nee or Harry Hughes, Coo-Wee-Scoo-Wee - Ross or John Ross Buffington or Chief John Ross, Cornatzer, Cyrus Cicero - See-Ta-Way-See-Cah, Cowana - Juliette Melvina (Shrimsher) Robison, Crack Skin - Shin Striker or Weavels or Oo-Wa-Neh, Crittenden, George W. - Bean Bread or Tickanooly, Crittenden, Richard Henry - Bold Eagle or Wahala, Digging A Hole Deeper - Te-Ga-Nuh-Way-De-Ske, Dirteater - Gah-Duh-Gee-Skih or Ga-Nee-Yah-Ih, Dirt Thrower - Da-Goo-Dah or Ga-Do-Dah-Geh, Downing - Tah-Ga-Nee-See or Oo-Na-Guh-Hah, Dragger or Dragging - Cun-See-Nee or Conseene, Duh-Na-Way-Lan-Choo-Da-Cuh - Wright Acorn, Edmondson, Augustus Van - Kluntutchy or Lion, Edmondson, Buelah Benton - Indian Princess, E-No-Li - Hrbert Worchester Hicks or Rachel (Cardwell) Hicks, Falling - Chu-Wa-Lu-Ke- or Ga-Le-Ga-La-Ski, Falling Blossom - Ad-Se-Le-Ta-Ski or Oo-Ne-Cha-Da-Saw or Ah-Che-Loo-Te-Ski, Ga-Doo-Dah-Gih or Da-Goo-Dah - Dirt Thrower, Gah-Lee-Stoo-Huh-Skee - Kingfisher (Will), Ga-La-Noo-Has-Kee - Cheater or Cheating Blue, Gal-Quah-Ge-Ke-Lih-Uh-Ne-Te - Seven Puppies or Seven Fields, Hogshooter - Ga-Na-Na-De-Ski or Se-Quah-Ne-Yah, Hogshooter, Watty *BCW - Wat Squirrel *ACW, Indian Princess - Buelah Benton Edmondson, Ka-Ha-Yu-Ka - Mary Elizabeth (Duncan) Crowell, Kingfisher - Gah-Lee-Stoo-Huh-Skee or Oo-Na-Choo-Sti, Looking - Da-Da-Con-Tah or Ta-Dee-Cun-Tah, Mayes, George Washington - Tou-Uneet or Young Beaver, Mellowbug - Choo-Cow-Wa-Loo-Skee or Da-Yee-Ski, Muskrat - Sa-Luh-Ka-Squah or De-Suh-Doo-Huh-Skee, Ole Turkey - Gun-Nee-Ga-Yuh-Lih- or Gun-Nah-Ah-Guh-Nuh-Lee, Oochalata - Robert Bruce Garrett or Charles Thompson or James E. Elliott, Oo-Chaw-Way-Duh or Oo-Juh-Wa-Dih - Buckskin, Oo-Kee-Se-Nut-Tee - Big William or William Boling, Oo-La-Gah - Big DrumVOo-La-Ne-Ste-Ske - Buzzard, Oo-Ta-Da-Gee-Ski - Dry For Water or Thirsty, Oo-Wa-Huh-Ti - Going Down or Floating Down The Stream, Oo-Wa-Neh - Weavels or Shin Striker or Crack Shins, Osceola - James Campbell Trout or James Cicero Trott, Pheasant (The) - Clanteestah or Clon-Te-Sta, Quaitsia - Rebecca McNair (Polstrom) Swain, Raven - Caw-Luh-Nah or Frank Josiah Boudinot, Red Bird - Ta-Che-Squah or Ta-Ju-Wah or Chee-Squah-De-Gah-Ga, Red Bird Big Acorn - Ta-Choo-Wa-Goo-La-Quah, Riley, Johnson *ACW - Johnson Tassel *BCW, Runabout Youngpig - Ah-Cle-Daw-He-Se-Quah-Neet, Scott, Liver *ACW - Liver or Oo-Wa-Lah *BCW, See-Tah-Way-See-Cah - Cyrus Cicero Cornatzer, Sequoyah - Arthur Fanshaw Chamberlain or George Guess or George Gist or Sand, Seven Fields or Seven Puppies - Gal-Quah-Ge-Ke-Lih-Uh-Ne-Te, Shin Striker - Crack Shin or Weavels or Oo-Wa-Neh, Squirrel, Wat *CW - Watty Hogshooter *BCW, Standing Wolf - Wa-E-Ya-Ka-To-Kah or Wa-Yah-Ga-Da, Stealer - Gah-Na-Skees-Ke or Car-No-Ske-Ske, Su-Sen-Kee - William Clifford Chamberlain, Swimmer or Swimming - De-Ga-Ees-Ky or I Hu-Ah-Neh, Ta-Choo-Wa-Goo-La-Quah - Red Bird Big Acorn, Takie - Louisa Tabitha (West) Thompson or Vet Thompson, Tassel, Johnson *BCW - Johnson Riley *ACW, Ta-You-Ne-Se - Bug Tucker or Charlie Tucker, Te-Ga-Nuh-Way-De-Ski - Digging A Hole Deeper. Coloniska Chickleece John Alakah Fodder, Geeska Janson Grease Go(u)rd Pumpkin Vine Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Marriage, Citizenship and Census Records, 1841-1927 This collection contains various American Indian records held by the Oklahoma Historical Society. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/baker.php. Johnawaye While in Cherokee, dont miss your chance to experience one of the finest casinos in the Southeast. Nose, Ocqualah Savannah and Charlestown were in the hands of the British; Georgia and South Carolina were conquered; the enemy exultantly moved northwest to the conquest of North Carolina and Virginia. Tunahnalah Tekahunaka The Lobby Caf - Features snacks, sandwiches, and Starbucks coffee. Scowesah Birth: (CIRCA) 1735 CHOTA CHEROKEE NATION NORTH CAROLINA. Linkpendium's goal is to index every genealogy, geneology, :) family history, Oolaohee Noodle Bar - Specializes in Asian fare like Dim Sum & small plates, noodle soups, and house specialties. Cherokee Indians. To be enrolled by the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, an applicant must first prove ancestry to a person enrolled by Dawes. This page and its subpages contain 19 links. I once did a projection backward and discovered that evidently, most tribes were entirely female for the first three hundred years of white occupation. Enrollment is CLOSED to all people who cannot meet the above requirements. The trails interlace through the nearby Great Smoky Mountains, so you already know the views and terrain will take your breath away, even if your recreation of choice doesnt! Unfortunately, DNA testing has not advanced to the point of determining tribal affiliation. Young Chicken Seaquah Water Hunter Cuming wrote on March 29, 1729, arrived at Great Telliquo, in the upper Settlements, 200 miles up from Keeakwee. The Going Panther He married Lydia Shorey. This service does not aid in determining eligibility for enrollment with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Tree after on-line tree starts with the mythical Thomas Pasmere Carpenter [debunked at http://www.indianreservations.net/2016/07/the-passmore-chronicles-p ], which most people with any understanding of the genealogical proof standard can easily recognize as junk genealogy. Santy Annechan Box 948, Tahlequah, OK Enrollment Office at (828)497-7000, fax: (828) 497-2952, or write Wolf Dennis Tuskegitee Connacetta Youholauchy Tieesky Sickatowie He is listed with a wife and five children. The Crow European royal houses were closed to ex-convicts and indentured servants, so the colonists made all Indian maidens princesses, then proceeded to climb a social ladder of their own creation. Dull Hoe, Eagle The goal of this project is to develop accurate and documented genealogical and historical knowledge of the Cherokee, indigenous peoples of North America. Query: I am looking for the Oklahoma Cherokee tribal affliation or community attachment for my grandmother Hilda Wilcox. The Shoe The native land of the Cherokee was the most inviting and beautiful section of the united states, lying upon the sources of the Catawba and Yadkin rivers-upon Keowee, Tugaloo, Etowab, Coosa and Flint, on the east and south, and several of the tributaries of the Tennessee, on the west and north. Tunahlanista Little Deer Sallie When you find a useful new resource, go to the right Linkpendium page and click Kaskaloe This wise proceeding has worked a wonderful change for the better in their condition. The network of trails is more than 10.5 miles total, so theres plenty of room for everyone to recreate safely, responsiblyand flowy? Washta Una Saunawny We also suggest another web site loaded with research and genealogy connections: www.nativeweb.org. Nancy Bullet (widow) How do You Determine the Associates of Your Ancestor? Whirlwind 74465. So what are you waiting for? The parents or guardians of Indian children, and the tribes they belong to, have specific rights under ICWA. Originally published in 1907, lists names of all Native Americans identified as of 1902 as members of the Five Tribes. Jewlowie The Baker Roll "Revised" is the current membership roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. Not only do many people believe they have a Cherokee great-grandmother or a Cherokee princess in their family, they also believe they can trace their Cherokee ancestors back to the 16th century. The Old man Aunitgeeskey This is their entire collection of databases. Eskeeka It's also base camp for hiking in the Great Smokies, arts and crafts shopping, native elk herd viewing, hours of fishing fun, and home to a history that spans millennia. Robbin While a real Indian grandmother is probably the nicest thing that could happen to a child, why is a remote Indian princess grandmother so necessary for many whites? Nakey (woman) Cristey, Ned Claiming your Cherokee heritage is Tausel The Mink Catey Susannah Census books enumerating Cherokee Indians living in communities and counties on the Cherokee or Qualla Reservations in western North Carolina are in this database. Sawank or Charley While numerous individuals applied, not all the claims were allowed. The Trout Joel Bryan Mayes (Tsa-wa Gak-ski, K , in Cherokee) (1833 1891) was Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Downing, Jim is an extension of what was originally from the idea for the KYGenWeb Project.