Hi. I'm interested in your George Bell. Can you email me in private? thanks, D ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:15 PM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Creek Nation was communally owned > In a message dated 8/14/2008 1:29:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > The story that has been passed down > through to us is that there was a land grab by the cherokees in > muskogee and as such ggggpa George Bell disowned them. Saying that he > would rather be white than cherokee. > > It would have been impossible for any tribe to do a land grab of another > tribe in Oklahoma prior to 1905, when the Indian nations were divided into > allotments. The tribe owned the land. Individual tribal members were > allowed to > use the land, but did not own it. However, under traditional Creek law, > the woman owned the property improvements. If your grandfather was > Cherokee, > and his wife was Creek, then their children would be considered Creek. > > What actually happened in reality was that whites settled in places like > Tulsa, Muskogee and Henrietta, without permission of the tribe. After > awhile, > the whites outnumbered the Creeks in these towns, and the whites took > over. > They ignored the laws of the Creek National Council - essentially > becoming > autonomous city states. Much of the lawlessness in the old Indian > Nations was > due to the problem of have predominantly white cities not being subject > to > anyone except U.S. Marshalls out of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Do you remember > the > great John Wayne movie, "True Grit?" > > Does that answer your question? > > Richard T. > > > > > > **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your > budget? > Read reviews on AOL Autos. > (http://autos.aol.com/cars-Volkswagen-Jetta-2009/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00030000000007 > ) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >