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Welcome to the Cherokee Nation Division of the Oklahoma Archives.
Cherokee Nation
The anglicized form of Tsalagi, which history spells dozens of ways. The accepted meaning is 'cave people'. The Cherokee were woodlands people living in the Appalachians and other parts of the south.They once held all lands in the Virginias, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. Word of gold mines stirred interest among the English who first mentioned the 'Cherakae' in 1674. Acquiring firearms in 1700, the tribe became more warlike, leading frontier wars sparked by European colonization. By the mid-18th century, the Cherokee had a remarkably advanced civilization, including a constitution and a democratic form of government. Nearly all owned horses; many were planters and traders, owning homes, cattle and even slaves. Mission schools, laws and America's first Indian newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix (printed in both Cherokee and English), were established.The nation had reached its height in the East in 1828 when Georgia began moving to expel them. In 1838-39, they were brutally removed to Indian Territory, suffering the tragic loss of a fourth of their people along the Trail of Tears to the West.Thirteen counties in northeast Oklahoma comprise the Cherokee Nation: Adair, Cherokee, Deleware, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Mayes, Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington and Ottawa.
Cherokee Nation Archivist
Position openGene Phillips -State Archivist
Linda Simpson - Archivist-Indian Nations/Indian Territory
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Cherokee Lands - Newspaper Articles File Name Description Size Date Submitted By history.txt Cherokee History - August 13, 1885-Indian Journal 9 KB 09 Feb 2002 Kim Collins leases.txt Clearing Indian Territory - Aug 14, 1885-The Cherokee Advocate 2 KB 09 Feb 2002 Kim Collins robbed.txt How Indians Are Robbed - Mar 27, 1885-The Cherokee Advocate 11 KB 09 Feb 2002 Kim Collins Dawes Commission Applications File Name Description Size Date Submitted By adair.txt Charlotte Adair 2 KB 21 Sep 1999 Kathy Pitts nbenge.txt Nancy Benge 4 KB 08 May2002 Kenyon h5520001.txt Isaac Hummingbird 2 KB 22 Sep 1999 Kathy Pitts h5520003.txt Jacob Hummingbird 3 KB 22 Sep 1999 Kathy Pitts h5520002.txt Joshua Hummingbird 2 KB 22 Sep 1999 Kathy Pitts h5520005.txt Lizzie Manus Hummingbird 2 KB 23 Sep 1999 Kathy Pitts h5520004.txt Thomas Hummingbird 2 KB 22 Sep 1999 Kathy Pitts rinlow.txt Roy W Inlow & John O Danderson 2 KB 08 May 2002 Paula Schuler am-rmlewis.txt Amanda M. (Inlow) LEWIS - Rowland M. LEWIS 6KB June 2002 Paula Schuler walkingstick.txt Ben F. Walkingstick 3 KB 21 Sep 1999 Kathy Pitts Guion-Miller Applications Census File Name Description Size Date Submitted By bertholf_e.txt Census Card Questionaire #7148 Electra Bertholf nee Keys 4KB 23 Jan 2002 Catherine Widener fencer_ag.txt Census Card Questionaire #7906 Fencer and Aggie Fencer 7KB Aug 2002 Catherine Widener ccp948.txt Census Card Packet # 938 John Anderson Gonzales 5KB Mar 2003 Catherine Widener hicks_ar.txt Census Card Questionaire #1062 Arrunyie "Ranza" Hicks 6KB Aug 2002 Catherine Widener kingfisher_na.txt Census Card Questionaire #7968 Nakie Kingfisher 7KB Aug 2002 Catherine Widener stephens_wh.txt Census Card Packet # 6606 William H. and Elmira Stephens 30KB Mar 2003 Catherine Widener terrel_gr.txt Census Card Packet # 7565 Green Terrel 5KB Mar 2003 Catherine Widener greenfeather.txt Cherokee Nation, IT 1900 Federal Census: Greenfeather Family 4KB 23 Jan 2002 Sharon Hamilton cherwest.txt Western OK Cherokee Rolls 1851-1902 9 KB 23 Jan 2002 Michelle Chubenko City Directory File Name Description Size Date Submitted By 1896tahl.txt 1896 Tahlequah, IT 14 KB 23 Jan 2002 Michelle Chubenko History File Name Description Size Date Submitted By jbacorn.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - John B. Acorn 8 KB 01 Apr 2002 Catherine Widener jaalberty.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - John A. Alberty 6KB 01 Apr 2002 Catherine Widener ballew_geo.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - George Ballew 4KB Aug 2002 Catherine Widener batt_is_geo.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - Isaac Batt 6KB Aug 2002 Catherine Widener fjboudinot.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - Frank J. Boudinot 8 KB 29 Mar 2002 Catherine Widener lsbrannon.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - Lucile S. Brannon nee Haworth 3 KB 20 Mar 2002 Catherine Widener hchandler.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - Hattie Chandler 3 KB 20 Mar 2002 Catherine Widener lschaney.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - Laura Chaney nee Suagee 4 KB 01 Apr 2002 Catherine Widener jncole.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - James N. Cole 14 KB 01 Apr 2002 Catherine Widener rreubanks.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - R. Roger Eubanks 2 KB 20 Mar 2002 Catherine Widener fsevans.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - Florence Stephens Evans 5 KB 20 Mar 2002 Catherine Widener jpfite.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - Julia Fite nee Patton 1 KB 01 Apr 2002 Catherine Widener rlimel.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - R. Lewis Imel 10 KB 20 Mar 2002 Catherine Widener tlivers.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - Tom Livers 7 KB 20 Mar 2002 Catherine Widener fpalone.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - Fred Palone 12 KB 29 Mar 2002 Catherine Widener mpalone.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - Mary Palone nee Starr 8 KB 20 Mar 2002 Catherine Widener jbrussell.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - James B. Russell 18 KB 31 Mar 2002 Catherine Widener scraper_wm.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - William Scraper, 1st Interview 5KB Aug 2002 Catherine Widener scraper_wm2.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - William Scraper, 2nd Interview 8KB Aug 2002 Catherine Widener gshakingbush.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - George Shakingbush 3 KB 31 Mar 2002 Catherine Widener stephens_spen.txt Indian Pioneer History Project Spencer Stephens 6KB Mar 2003 Catherine Widener ltaylor.txt Indian Pioneer Papers Project - Louis Taylor 13 KB 01 Apr 2002 Catherine Widener terrapin_sm2.txt Indian Pioneer History Project Samuel Terrapin 6KB Mar 2003 Catherine Widener watt_chas2.txt Indian Pioneer History Project Charley Watt 3KB Mar 2003 Catherine Widener School Records File Name Description Size Date Submitted By academy.txt Roster Cherokee Baptist Academy 1903 7 KB 23 Jan 2002 Michelle Chubenko arcadia.txt Arcadia School Report - 1900, Rose, IT 4 KB 24 Apr 2002 Michelle Chubenko Vital Records File Name Description Size Date Submitted By jmcarvit.txt Some Birth and Death Records
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