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