Carla--The Dawes Applic ations were taken between 1898 and 1906. It was not compulsory and those who wanted to enroll could. Each person was given a number and you can get copies of all this if you so desire and if they did enroll. Many Cherokees did not enroll however because they thought it was just another way for the Government to screw them.If two Tribes as a Cherokee marrying a Choctaw then if there are children the parents would have to choose which Tribe to register them as they could not claim in both Tribes. All this is on file at Oklahoma Historical Society. Also you can check the Rolls and see if they are there. You can check for anyone you wish to check on in any of the records available. Hope this is clear.If not write me again. Oleta On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:45:20 -0500 J W Kite Jr <obengekite@juno.com> writes: > Carla B., Did you ever get an answer on this? If not, write me as I > can > answer your questions. Oleta E. Kite > On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:10:54 -0500 "Carla B" > <soarsister@cableone.net> > writes: > > Question on Dawes. What are the case # about and is there > documents > > to be > > had regarding them? > > Also, if a family was MCR, yet without a doubt Indian, is there > any > > other > > way to trace it, and how? If not for legalities in Tribal > > membership, then > > just for genealogy sake? > > Last Question, if a mother was Choctaw and the father was > Cherokee, > > or visa > > versa, is there a way to deterime degree of Indian blood using the > > > two > > combined or is each tribe individually considered? > > Carla > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >