Would someone explain to me please. What is a " Choctaw Freedman" ? I had always believed it was the descendent of a slave formerly owned by a Choctaw that was accepted into the tribe after slavery was abolished. But recently a man I know. made a remark that he finally got his " Freedman Choctaw" card. He was referring to CDIB. he goes on to say but its worthless.. It doesnt matter to me what he has.. It just reminded me that I didnt know anything about the topic. He went on to say that it documented he was Black, Choctaw and Caucasion. My question is if such a card documented Choctaw ancestry, then why would it not be the federally recognized CDIB card, regardless of what other ancestry a person might possess? James Brown

Mr. Brown Cards for the Freedman of the Five Civilized tribes, normally would not carry any blood designations unless the Indian parent of the former slave was known. Dawes and company did not record the blood degree of the Freedmen because the Freedmen did not have the legal status as citizens of the tribe. The card may have been simply a statement that the person whose name is on the card and an ancestor who was on the Freedman roll of that Particular tribe. When the Dawes rolls were closed and made final by congress the legislation froze the dates of birth and the amount of blood possessed by the person whose name was on the roll. Even if it could be proven that the blood degree was erroneous and the date of birth was incorrect, it would take an act of Congress to make the corrections. Lathel ----- Original Message ----- From: James Brown<mailto:patton14@crosstel.net> To: indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com<mailto:indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 10:19 AM Subject: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] freedmen enrollment Would someone explain to me please. What is a " Choctaw Freedman" ? I had always believed it was the descendent of a slave formerly owned by a Choctaw that was accepted into the tribe after slavery was abolished. But recently a man I know. made a remark that he finally got his " Freedman Choctaw" card. He was referring to CDIB. he goes on to say but its worthless.. It doesnt matter to me what he has.. It just reminded me that I didnt know anything about the topic. He went on to say that it documented he was Black, Choctaw and Caucasion. My question is if such a card documented Choctaw ancestry, then why would it not be the federally recognized CDIB card, regardless of what other ancestry a person might possess? James Brown ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message