To JES and others- The Cherokees who left the Tribe. going into Arkansas were given the opportunity to join those on the Trail of Tears and would then be a part of the Tribe again. These were the ones called TheOld Settlers. They were not removed from Arkansas however many of them did join the Trail when they came through Arkansas and did come on into Indian Territory.I've never heard of any Cherokee coming into Indian Territory prior to TOT. As far as the Keetoowah Band is concerned that was originally only Full B loods. Oleta E. Benge Kite On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:19:07 EDT HealTheCircle@aol.com writes: > Not sure if you got that if your folks were of native (Cherokee > blood) and > in OK before the removal....then more than likely they were the Old > Settlers. > These are Cherokee who originally abdicated their rights to the > land in what > was Cherokee territory, and first went to MO. Then in about pre > 1817, > because of the flooding of that are (I believe), they were offered > land in AR. In > 1817 they were moved to OK, and that put them there before the > Removal in > the 1830's. > > It's also interesting to note that when the folks came in from the > Removal > (Trail of Tears)....there was some initial civil war between the > ones already > there (Old Settlers) and the new arrivals. Then a committee or > council was > formed of folks from both groups to fashion a way of living > together. This is > a very brief synopsis of what happened. I'd look at both the > Keetowah Band > of Cherokee in OK...and the Western Nation's site online to get the > details. > > jes > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > >