Often white people were in Indian Territory because they were wanted by the law in a state--therefore, there was no record of them in the territory. Often times, they went to a nearby town in an adjacent state to mail letters and to receive letters..... Say, in Delaware District of Cherokee Nation, one might go to Chetopa, Kansas......or, Neosho or Joplin, MO, etc. I don't know about the Chickasaw Nation. I have never heard of work permits in the Indian Territory....new one on me. Of course, there were government agents with employees....... ----- Original Message ----- From: Alison Stevens <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 2:58 PM Subject: [IT ROOTS] intruders & work permits, question > Will someone please educate me, or send me a url that might point me in the > correct direction? I am not sure I understand yet. > > > If a family lived in Indian Territory prior to 1907, then that family was > either > > 1. a legal member of a Native American nation > > 2. a non-member of a Native American nation, legally present in Indian > Territory due to obtaining a work permit from the local government to work > and reside in Indian Territory > > 3. a non-member of a Native American nation, illegally present in Indian > Territory due to lack of a work permit > > If these three definitions are correct, what are "Intruder lists"? Are > there actual lists somewhere? Are they lists of families with legal work > permits, or lists of families which had no work permit? How and when were > the lists made? Someone wrote me that work permits were private agreements > between legal members of Native American Nations and non-members, and that > these agreements had to be renewed on an annual basis. > > At this point, I know that my ancestors were in the Chickasaw Nation in what > became Love County by 1900. Death and Social Security application > information places them in "Indian Territory" prior to the latter half of > 1887. Shouldn't there be _some_ paper trail? Or was it likely to be > illegally present in the Chickasaw Nation without getting called to book for > it? > > Thank you, > Alison Stevens > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > ______________________________