Hello....my ex-boyfriend's parents lived in an Indian home in McCurtain County, OK. They had a new home built a couple of years ago. It is a nice home. On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 08:21:41 -0600 Doug Barkley <genreser@intcon.net> writes: > You're right, Nalora, also, in the 1930s there were communities of > homes built in Eastern Oklahoma that were called reservations. One > such > "reservation" was built between McCurtain and Red Oak. The houses > were built in a particular style, square with a high pitched hip > roof and > had a chimney in the peak of the roof that could vent any of the > four rooms. They were called "reservation" houses. By the 50s many > of the > houses had been moved through out the area. They may have been > built by the WPA. > Doug > > Nalora wrote: > > > I have often heard people use the word "Reservation" in reference > to the > > Indians of Oklahoma, and it has always puzzled me. Most of the > time it is > > used when someone is reciting a family oral history, "I was told > my great > > great grandmother lived on a reservation in Oklahoma." I *think* > the > > reason people say this is because the western tribes of the US had > > reservations, and so all Indians must have reservations. This is > not > > completely true. The five civilized tribes had NATIONS. The tribes > in > > Oklahoma that I KNOW had reservations are: Miami, Quapaw, Peoria, > > Wyandotte, Ottawa, Sac/Fox, Iowa, Pottawatomie, Kickapoo, Shawnee, > Seneca, > > Cheyenne-Arapaho, Apache, Ponca, Osage, Commanche, and Kiowa. > > > > I am almost certain that the Indians in Oklahoma that were on > Reservations > > were all the smaller tribes,(though I am only certain of the ones > above) > > and not the Five Civilized tribes. My intent in telling you this, > is that > > if you believe your family oral history contains truth that your > ancestor > > was on a reservation, you should really check the rolls and > documents of > > these other tribes, before you dismiss yourself from having Indian > > Ancestory in Oklahoma. > > > > I do have a list of all the addresses for all the Federally > recognized > > tribes of Oklahoma if anyone needs an address or phone number. > > > > Here are the Tribes of Oklahoma: > > > > Absentee Shawnee > > Apache > > Caddo > > Cherokee > > Cheyenne-Arapaho > > Chickasaw > > Choctaw > > Citizen Band Potawatomi > > Commanche > > Delaware Tribe > > Delaware Nation > > Eastern Shawnee > > Fort Sill Chiricauhua/ Warm Springs Apache > > Iowa > > Kaw > > Kickapoo > > Kiowa > > Loyal Shawnee > > Miami > > Modoc > > Muscogee (Creek) > > Osage > > Otoe-Missouria > > Ottawa > > Pawnee > > Peoria > > Ponca > > Quapaw > > Sac and Fox > > Seminole > > Seneca-Cayuga > > Tonkawa > > United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma > > Wichita and Affiliated > > Wyandotte > > Yuchi-Euchee > > > > Nalora > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > > Your donations to RootsWeb makes OKGenWeb and this Choctaw list > possible. RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA > 93222 > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > OK Surname Registry - added yours? http://www.rootsweb.com/~oknames/ > Search 4 surnames - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/search.htm >