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Course 9:
The Five Civilized Tribes: The Records & Where to Find Them
This course will provide an overview of the records (and where to find them) created by the
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek (Musogee), and Seminole prior to their removal to
what would become Indian Territory in present day Oklahoma; records of the Dawes Commission;
and other record groups that provide names of members of the Five Civilized tribes to about 1907.
Faculty:
Textbooks (required): Lennon, Rachal Mills. Tracing Ancestors among the Five Civilized Tribes:
Southeastern Indians Prior to Removal. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.
Requisites: None.
Course Schedule:
Monday
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.: Participant Introductions (Geiger)
- 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Course Overview (Geiger)
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Historical Overview of Tribes in the Southeast (Lennon)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Federal Agencies in the Early Federal Period, 1789-1801 (Spindle)
- 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
- 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Records of Religious Missions among the Five Civilized Tribes (Spindle)
- 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Records of the Chickasaw and Choctaw (Walton-Raji)
Tuesday
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Pre-Removal: Records of the Creek and Seminole (Lennon)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Records of the Mississippi Choctaw (Walton-Raji)
- 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
- 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: The Eastern Band of Cherokees (Finger-Smith)
- 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Records of the Cherokee to 1840 (Geiger)
Wednesday
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Manuscript Collections and Their Finding Aids (Lennon)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Final Rolls of the Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (The Dawes Roll), 1897-1907 (Geiger)
- 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
- 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Records Relating to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee (The Miller Roll), 1905-1909 (Geiger)
- 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Beyond the Bureau of Indian Affairs: Other Federal Records in Washington (Geiger)
Thursday
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Records of Blended Families (Walton-Raji)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Research at the Oklahoma Historical Society (Spindle)
- 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
- 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Records at the National Archives at Fort Worth (Spindle)
- 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Military Records of the Five Civilized Tribes (Scott)
Friday
- 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Documenting Indian Heritage (Geiger)
- 9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Putting it all Together: a Case Study (Geiger)
- 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Summation, Evaluation, & Distribution of Certificates (Geiger)
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