PLEASE READ: I do not have the pictures. At the end of the message there is the owner's address: Merrie Lee Weiss <merrimac@northlink.com> Maybe someone can ask her to scan so we all can see them. Helen

I subscribe to Rootsweb, this was on the mailing today: My grandfather, John Lloyd Markley, born in 1891, died in 1961, broke horses as a young man in Montana and was very interested in rodeos and riders. He had a small collection of pictures, probably acquired at some rodeo. All of the cards are sepia toned. They are the size of postcards, but the backs are blank or have the logo of the photographer, Anderson Photographer, 785 Broadway, New York, New York. My estimate of the era is between 1890 and 1920. Five of the people are identified in my grandmother's light handwriting on the back of the picture: Jim KID, Billy BULLOCK, Dick JOHNSON, ? BAKER, Buck TAYLOR, all by ANDERSON Photographer. Others are: -- Buck TAYLOR, Buffalo Bill's Wild West, not an Anderson print, says Sarony, copyright 1886 by Napoleon SARONY, New York. -- Eight braves identified on the back as Pawnee, by Anderson -- Eight chiefs in ceremonial dress, identified on back as Chiefs, by Anderson -- Eight men in ceremonial dress, identified on back as Sioux, by Anderson -- Seven men, six in Indian dress, one in a suit, identified on back as Sioux, by Anderson. The man in the suit does not appear to be a full blood Indian. I would be happy to share these pictures with anyone who thinks they are related to the identified men, or might be related to someone in the unidentified groups. We think we can scan them and attach to an e-mail. My best guess is that all of these people were part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show that traveled around the country and all over Europe. There is a very interesting research project on Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at the University of Virginia. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/BUFFALOBILL/home.html> Merrie Lee Weiss <merrimac@northlink.com> Please pass this along. Helen

Hi list...I too am a newby to this list. I would like to know first off if this list is what I am looking for. SURNAME: CAVALIER, CAVILEER, CAVILIER, etc... PERSON(S): Charles (3 consecutive generations) 1) Charles b. unknown d. 1816 MD (?) 2) Charles T. b. 1787 MD d. 1850 Ohio 3) Charles Turner b. 1818 Springfield, Clark Cty., OHIO d.1902 Pembina ND Charles CAVILEER (#2 above) was born among the Wyandot Tribe in Ohio. Because of the native blood in the family, we are wondering if the CAVALIER families above may also have born or adopted into a tribe. There is also a CAVALIER family we found who was on the Cherokee roll. (John and Walter CAVALIER) We do not know if we link. The CAVALIER'S were called the Bow and Arrow something or other, meaning they took the roll of the natives as well as lived amongst the tribe. Does anyone have any feedback, or any links? Was also wondering if there could be some significants to the TURNER name (as the middle name for Charles b.1818) and is there such tribe as the WYANDOTS that exist today? Jan

Hi folks new here so if I blow it please let me know! In my MARYFIELD line reference is made of a "Indian Sam" MARYFIELD b. abt 1747 Winchester Va. He was son to a Samuel MARYFIELD b. 1720 England. "Indian Sam" is shown to have married "Floating Flower In the Brook" as a 1st wife. My research {mostly done by a fellow researcher} says she was of the Twigtwee tribe. Also says possibility of Algonquin. She is said to have spoken Pyankenshaw {?} which "Indian Sam" understood. My ggrandmother Missouri victoria MERRIFIELD b. 1865 Mo and her sisters show to be very strong Indian featured in photos I have obtained. An inscription on my ggrandmother's tombstone reads; An Indian lady. I have tore Dawes Rolls up but no MERRIFIELD appear there! Closest name would be MAYFIELD but can find no given name that would match so at this point I would just like to be able to halfway prove my Indian heritage! Can someone point me in direction to look as it appears my N.A. ancestry is quite a ways back? Almost forgot my friend says this would possibly be our Miami {?} tribe today? Thx ever so much, Peter in Tulsa

Dear Folks, I live in Delaware and I have the frequent opportunity to go the Delaware Public Archives in Dover. They are currently open during the week until 4:15 PM. This is very limiting for those that work, or have to come a distance. They are conducting a survey to see if patrons would support a Wednesday night and /or Saturday hours. The survey is located at the Archives and if you are there you may sign it. If there is enough interest they will be able to get the additional staff to support the new hours. The new facility is supposed to be open by the end of the year. I can't wait! Regards, Nancy

>Kenneth Prewitt >Director >Bureau of the Census >Department of Commerce >Washington, D.C. 20233 > >Dear Director Prewitt: >I am writing a series of articles about the 2000 census for Indigenous >periodicals and several issues have been raised in the press for which I >need answers. These issues are very important to Native American >communities. >First, some people are concerned about the loss of anonymity if they put >down their tribal affiliation in the Race question, because they may be >the only person from their tribe in the particular census tract or even in >the town or city. Will the tribal designation remain attached to any >confidential information ? >Second, we are being told by a Native advisory group to the census that if >we mark yes for the Hispanic category and then check American Indian in >the race category, we will NOT BE COUNTED AS AMERICAN INDIAN. This is of >tremendous concern because of the huge numbers of indigenous people in >Florida, Texas, and the Southwest who have Spanish-surnames or who come >from a Latin American country. Is this correct information, and if so, why >does the Bureau favor the Hispanic count over the Native count? >Third, we are also being told that if we check more than one race under >the race category that we will be aggregated in a racially-mixed category >and not counted as American Indian. Is this so? If so, why would this be, >when American Indian status is a matter of tribal affiliation or community >identity and not a matter of "purity" of blood under federal law as well >as tribal custom? >We are also being told that the Bureau still has the policy of "assigning" >persons of Mexican and other Latin American origin to the "white" category >when they select "other" or leave race blank or write in Mexican, Chicano, >or some other term. Is this still Bureau policy? If so, why is this done, >given the overwhelming anthropological evidence that Mexicans are 80% of >American Indian ancestry and only about 10% European? >Is it not correct that the OMB has redefined American Indian and Alaska >Native to include all persons of pre-Columbian ancestry from North, South >and Central America? Is this information being conveyed to census workers >who will be helping people fill out their forms? >Your responses are needed so that Indian people can decide what to check >on the forms if they are to protect their right to be counted as American >Indian. > > Sincerely yours, > > > Jack D. Forbes > Professor Emeritus > NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES > -- André Cramblit, Operations Director The Northern California Indian Development Council ( http://www.ncidc.org ) NCIDC is a non-profit organization that helps meet the social, educational, and economic development needs of American Indian communities. NCIDC operates a fine art gallery and gift boutique featuring the best of American Indian Artist's and their work, with emphasis placed on the work of the Tribes of N.W. California. (http://www.ncidc.org/gift/gifthome.htm#anchorgift)

For answers to your questions please see: http://www.ncidc.org/census/census.html American Indian/Alaskan Natives Be Counted For Census 2000! It is very important that each native household fills out and mails back the US Census 2000. If you do not fill out the information for your Tribe correctly, your family may not be counted by the government as a Native household. An estimated 12.2 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives were missed nationwide in 1990. This 2000 census will be used to provide future funding for almost all Indian programs. If you and others in your Tribe are not counted, it may cause the US Congress to reduce or stop funding altogether for many Indian programs such as health services, housing, education, (and many other programs). Don't let this happen to your family, or your Tribe. There is a critical need for an accurate count and all answers provided are strictly confidential, with no way to connect answers or personal information to an individual. The Census Bureau does not require proof of Indian blood, so you are free to self-identify as Native even if you are not an enrolled member of a federally recognized Tribe. If you identify as a Native American, even if you are of mixed race, we recommend that you answer the race question as only AMERICAN INDIAN or ALASKA NATIVE. Use the following checklist when it is time to fill out the Census: 1.In a household with both an Indian and non-Indian adult the Indian adult should ALWAYS be indicated as the head of household. (There is NO requirement that the Head of Household be male, or the larger wage earner, etc.) 2.Check only one race, American Indian/Alaska Native and write in the name of your Tribe. The Tribe's name should be no more than 19 letters long and everybody must spell the name the same way. If you have any questions please contact your Tribe. 3.Check NO on the Hispanic/Latino origin question. (Do this EVEN if you have Hispanic/Latino blood in addition to American Indian or Alaskan Native background. If you check Hispanic/Latino, your Indian affiliation will not be counted.) Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QACs) are available if you need help with the census form. For more information please call the Northern California Indian Development Council (NCIDC) at (707) 445-8451, (800) 566-2381, (or check with your Tribe). -- André Cramblit, Operations Director The Northern California Indian Development Council ( http://www.ncidc.org ) NCIDC is a non-profit organization that helps meet the social, educational, and economic development needs of American Indian communities. NCIDC operates a fine art gallery and gift boutique featuring the best of American Indian Artist's and their work, with emphasis placed on the work of the Tribes of N.W. California. (http://www.ncidc.org/gift/gifthome.htm#anchorgift)

Concerning Census Questions From: "Betti Bresette" <BettiBresette@Dreamsoft.com> The information here isn't all together true and factual. I am a sworn volunteer working for the US Census Bureau assisting in getting as many possible to stand up and be counted. I am an in house worker working at California Indian Manpower. We are an authorized QAC (question and answer center) working with American Indian Communities and Reservations. Enumerators are hired to go out and help people complete their census forms if they are not received by April 14th. Some tribes have their own QAC centers established and are doing their own counts. For those that do not enumerators hired by the Census Bureau will be sent to help with questions and to collect the forms. The Census will not be a count of city and urban folk. Reservations will also be counted. The only people who will not be counted are those that do not wish to fill out the form. Even then an enumerator will come out to see if there was a problem or if you just wish to be left out of the count. There are two forms. A long and a short form. Although the more information that is given the needs of specific areas become more apparent. That is why they ask housing questions, employment questions, and question how you get to work. Local Agencies and governments can better see the needs of their people, such as housing, transportation, programs for the elderly, low income, etc. The gathering of this information is to obtain funds and grants where needed, but some feel the long form is too intrusive. By law all you are actually required to give is your name, but if you only do this you are not helping the cause. You can leave blank any questions that you do not feel comfortable filling out. If anyone needs a list of American Indian QAC centers available in California I can post them. There is an 800 number on your census form. You can call and ask for the closest American Indian QAC center to you or ask for help over the phone. You can also ask that someone come to your home to help fill out your questionaire. QAC centers are available for American Indians, Latino's, Hispanics, Chinese, Vietnamese, Afro American's, Cubans, and yes, whites. I hope I helped clarify things. B. Bres -- André Cramblit, Operations Director The Northern California Indian Development Council ( http://www.ncidc.org ) NCIDC is a non-profit organization that helps meet the social, educational, and economic development needs of American Indian communities. NCIDC operates a fine art gallery and gift boutique featuring the best of American Indian Artist's and their work, with emphasis placed on the work of the Tribes of N.W. California. (http://www.ncidc.org/gift/gifthome.htm#anchorgift)

Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about migrations to Ohio. I look at pictures of my grandfather and his family and there is no doubt in my mind that he had Native ancestry. We know he did from his father but his father was not where he got his looks. I recommend the sites that were posted earlier. I've spent more than thirty minutes looking at them and that was not enough. I'll go back later today. Patricia

Check out my Jeffries pages for migration from Greensville Co, VA to Greene Co, OH. http://users.nni.com/dehoff/jeffriesfam.html Here is another site for several different migrations for those who were in NC and VA. http://www.hogbuster.com Triciad20@cs.com wrote: > > Is anyone on the list aware of any migrations that may have taken place > among native americans in Virginia to the southeastern Ohio region? > Most likely these would be people of mixed blood. > > Patricia > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

Is anyone on the list aware of any migrations that may have taken place among native americans in Virginia to the southeastern Ohio region? Most likely these would be people of mixed blood. Patricia

Remember that at one point, parts of OH, PA and WV were parts of Virginia. There was a border despute. Linda

For General Census Information please see: http://www.ncidc.org/census/census.html Census Monitoring Board Report Analyzes Funding Consequences of Census Undercount The Presidential members of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board released a report last week analyzing the potential effect on the distribution of federal funds of an undercount in the 2000 census. The firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) prepared the report for the Democratic members of the Board. PwC studied eight federal programs representing over 82 percent of federal grant programs (with obligations over $500 million in fiscal year 1998) that rely on census data to determine the allocation of funds. For these programs, the report concludes that 26 states and the District of Columbia would lose an estimated $9.1 billion in funding from 2002-2012 due to a projected undercount in Census 2000. 169 metropolitan areas would lose $11.1 billion over the same period, according to the analysis, with the affected jurisdictions losing an average of $3,391 for each person not counted in the census. PwC said the projected funding losses are conservative estimates because it did not review all population-based federal programs or any state programs that distribute funds to counties and cities based on census data. Gilbert Cassellas, Presidential Co-chair of the Census Monitoring Board, said, "This study confirms that a 2000 undercount would result in federal funds being sent to places where the need is not the greatest." Board member Lorraine Green said at a press conference: "It is in the economic self-interest of every American … to participate in the census." The other Presidential appointees on the Board are former Commerce Under Secretary Everett Ehrlich and California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante. Dr. Peter Merrill, director of PwC's National Economic Consulting Group, oversaw preparation of the report. PwC estimates that the net national undercount rate for Census 2000 will be 1.75 percent of the population, or nearly 5 million people, a figure that it called "conservative." The net undercount in 1990 was 1.59 percent. To estimate the potential misallocation of funds following the 2000 census, PwC applied the undercount rate for states, counties, and cities for the 1990 census to the latest Census Bureau population projections for 2000. (The methodology is described more fully in the report.) The Bureau measured the 1990 undercount using a 'post enumeration survey' conducted in the summer of 1990. PwC also assumed current funding formulas for the programs studied, and funding levels cited in the Clinton Administration's fiscal year 2000 Current Services Budget. The Census Monitoring Board was created in late 1997 pursuant to a provision of the Census Bureau's funding bill for fiscal year 1998. The Board has eight members: four appointed by President Clinton, two appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (then Rep. Newt Gingrich), and two appointed by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS). The Board will operate through September 2001. The PwC report, "Effect of Census 2000 Undercount on Federal Funding to States and Local Areas, 2002-2012," is available through the Presidential Board members' Web site, www.cmbp.gov, and the PricewaterhouseCoopers Web site, www.pwcglobal.com. The Congressional Board members, led by Co-chair Kenneth Blackwell, maintain their own Web site at www.cmbc.gov. -- André Cramblit, Operations Director The Northern California Indian Development Council ( http://www.ncidc.org ) NCIDC is a non-profit organization that helps meet the social, educational, and economic development needs of American Indian communities. NCIDC operates a fine art gallery and gift boutique featuring the best of American Indian Artist's and their work, with emphasis placed on the work of the Tribes of N.W. California. (http://www.ncidc.org/gift/gifthome.htm#anchorgift)

Subject: Re: Wesorts; Nanticokes;WICOMOCO (This is my final ANSWER)!!!!! Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Thomas Brown seems to side with the Heinegg camp. Tom's recent communication >on this list, "They (the Piscataway) do not have a continuous history of >Indian bloodlines. The contemporary group traces back to people who >identified as white, black, or mulatto. There is not a single data point >identifying any of their colonial ancestors as Indian," says it all. When >data points are in, the Piscataway are out. > >The same can be said for the Nanticoke and Lenni Lenape of Delaware. Actually, the situation is a bit different for the Piscataways and the Nanticokes. The Nanticokes can trace at least some slight degree of Indian ancestry back to the colonial era. The Piscataways cannot. Also, the Nanticokes were longer in leaving the region, and did not move out all at the same time. There is circumstantial evidence that some Nanticokes remained and assimilated into what eventually emerged as multiracial isolates. The Piscataways, meanwhile, left as a body and disappear from MD colonial records after 1705. The circumstantial evidence of their survival in MD is much weaker than for the Nanticokes. >Of course most professional historians will pooh-pooh this just as Brown put >down Frank Speck, who worked with Weslager for awhile. Please don't misrepresent what I said. I posted a passage from Frank Porter's dissertation that showed Speck himself acknowledging that he had made an error of interpretation. That hardly translates as my "putting him down".

b. 1824 WV mar. Angeline Dickson 1849 Clermont Co., OH d. !903 Clermont Co., OH Was in 1870 census of Campbell Co., KY Talked of playing near Gauley Bridge when a child. Also talked of having an Indian GM. Could he be Matthew's grandson or son not mentioned in his bio.? Was very proud of being b. in VA as it was in 1824. Any info greatly appreciated.. Have looked for him for 20 yrs with no success. Could someone PLEASE HElP! Thank you

For answers to your Census questions please see: http://www.ncidc.org/census/census.html The race of every single person in the household will be documented along with a whole bunch of other minutiae of life (what time did you leave for work/school in the last week?) There are forms to fill out for up to SIX people in each household (if there are more, apparently some arrangement is made to report the additional folks). Complete data is filled out for each person. NONE of these forms is identified as for the head-of-household. The instructions do states that whoever is owns, is buying or renting the house should be one of the first two people identified. If nobody in the household is renting, owns or is buying the house, then any adult can answer first. EACH of the six forms asks for "race." You can mark more than one box if you feel you identify with more than one race. While this possibility might seem to hurt Native Americans because mixed bloods who truly are part of a tribal community might feel they should report their mixed heritage, it might also help, because people who are of limited heritage who might otherwise not feel honest about reporting themselves as Native American might claim that heritage if they could indicate it as a mixture. IMPORTANT-if you mark Native American, you are asked to identify enrolled or "principal" tribe. Enrolled is self-explanatory; principal tribe means the tribe you are not enrolled in, but "identify" with. So each individual in your household will have an opportunity to have their heritage listed on this census. Of course it won't be totally accurate, and of course people in poorer areas will be less carefully counted. Tribes will not be reimbursed for expenditures accrued in promoting or obtaining census responses. Given the poverty and remoteness of many tribal populations, and quite reasonable suspicion of anything having to do with the U.S. government by some tribal people, what do you think the odds might be for undercounting? And this is quite apart from the clear U.S. government interest in diminishing the numbers of tribally-identified people in this country (and since it's their test and they're making a serious issue of confidentiality, who's going to guard the henhouse from the foxes who already run the place or be able to prove the numbers are anything other than what U.S. officials say they are?). Sadly, the more accurate numbers will most likely be for those of us who have left our traditional homes at some time in our or one of our ancestors' pasts. The relatively larger numbers of Indians off rez will show 'assimilation' working as Indians mainstream into mixed populations. The only "good" thing to come out of that is that there will likely be more of a show of providing Indian education, entertainment and recreational options as a bone thrown to what's left of our cultures. There are two forms, a long one and a short one. The short one asks only a few basic demographic questions about name/race/age. As it turns out, I got the "long" form, which includes about 40 more intrusive questions. You might want to take a look at today's Drudge report online -- the penalty for not answering is a $500 fine, and I'm contemplating risking it along with a lot of other unhappy recipients. I truly don't think things are going to change much positively, even if we show more people of our ancestry--but I am very much afraid things could change very negatively if tribal numbers show sharp declines. I very much believe the feds would like nothing better than to "derecognize" more tribes and withdraw their lands and what benefits they now have from Janet Smith Yufala Star Clan of the Muskogee Creek Owlstar Trading Post -- www.owlstar.com-- André Cramblit, Operations Director The Northern California Indian Development Council ( http://www.ncidc.org ) NCIDC is a non-profit organization that helps meet the social, educational, and economic development needs of American Indian communities. NCIDC operates a fine art gallery and gift boutique featuring the best of American Indian Artist's and their work, with emphasis placed on the work of the Tribes of N.W. California. (http://www.ncidc.org/gift/gifthome.htm#anchorgift)

For detailed answers to your Census questions please see: http://www.ncidc.org/census/census.html *Important Info on Census 2000 from a member of the National American Indian 2000 Census Advisory Committee, Glenda Ahhaitty: It was great to read the press release regarding the upcoming Census. Not only is it important to urge people to fill out the form and mail it back, and that lots of jobs will be available, but it is also important to education and our communities as to what is at stake in how the forms are filled out. Indian communities stand to be the big losers after the 2000 Census is tabulated due to possible tabulation methodology. 1) If a full blood Indian person is married to a non Indian person or living in an household where the head of the household who fills out the form is non Indian, they will tabulated with the household as non Indian. 2) If an Indian person checks the Hispanic/Latino question "yes," they will be counted as Hispanic/Latino. 3) If an Indian person is of mixed race background and checks more than one race -- white, black or asian -- they will be counted in a group of those who are two or more races. Thus, they will be lost for the Indian count. As many issues regarding tabulation have not been resolved and will not be resolved perhaps until after April 2000, it is critical to educate Indian communities on how to fill out the Census form if they wish to be counted as Indian. {DO's} 1) check "no" on the Hispanic/Latino origin question. 2) check only one race "American Indian" and write in the name of your tribe. It would be helpful if you could share this information.  I am a member of the National American Indian 2000 Census Advisory Committee and would be happy to answer any questions any one might have as would any member of the committee.  Committee members addresses and phone numbers can be found on the US Census Bureau web site. I can be contacted at: <Glendasa@aol.com> (213) 738-4936 Thanks Glenda Ahhaitty -- André Cramblit, Operations Director The Northern California Indian Development Council ( http://www.ncidc.org ) NCIDC is a non-profit organization that helps meet the social, educational, and economic development needs of American Indian communities. NCIDC operates a fine art gallery and gift boutique featuring the best of American Indian Artist's and their work, with emphasis placed on the work of the Tribes of N.W. California. (http://www.ncidc.org/gift/gifthome.htm#anchorgift)

Is anyone familiar with the surname "Pullen"? I have an Anna Pullen who married William Costolo in Faquier County, VA. They moved from Warren County, VA to Preston Co. (now WV) around 1840. William has known NA ancestry. I was curious whether Anna also did. Both were designated white on the census. Patricia

Web site updated to include frequently asked questions about American Indians/Alaska Natives and Census 2000. Please see: http://www.ncidc.org/census/census.html -- André Cramblit, Operations Director

Ginny Hodge