Joyce My Elder is in charge of the Dawes rolls for the Cherokee Nation. Right now we are working on another project. I will ask him in a few days. Remind me if I forget. BARB ----- Original Message ----- From: Joyce Gaston Reece<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:40 PM Subject: [CherokeeGene] Cherokee Indian Citizenship Association In the 1890’s when many of the mixed blood Cherokee and descendents were trying to regain citizenship in the tribe there was a man (or men) who formed “The Cherokee Indian Citizenship Association, Afton Indian Territory. This ‘association’ handed out official looking certificates which some people used to gain citizenship and apply for the Dawes/Miller payments. I’ve done an internet search on this and find next to nothing that tells me if this was a ligitimate organization/office or was it someone pulling a boondoggle? Joyce Gaston Reece =====*NOTICE THIS*===== this is a generic list; and not topic specific because certain chatting is required to do genealogy; and sort fact from fiction. Rude people will be moderated asap! List archive http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene<http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene> Dual admin. Dan and Joyce ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message