Jim, In order to be registered my ggrandfather's parents (on the Dawes rolls) had to prove their Native American ancestry through a genealogy tree. I have copies of the extensive paperwork done by my ancestors. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Jim Pate <[email protected]> wrote: > When the Indians were signed upby the Dawes Commission just about anyone > who wanted to be listed were accepted as Indian > Sent from Jim Pate's IPad > > On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:27 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Donna that is a good point to make for those who may not realize those > columns are important.? I was told all of my life that we had American > Indian Blood on my fathers side of the family.? But DNA tells us no.? My > great grandfather's brother is listed in Oklahoma as Indian, but that is > because he married the niece of the governor and some how was listed on the > Indian rolls.? A bit of crooked politics I assume.? They got lots of land > and he even had a town named after him but he was no Indian. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: DMariee <[email protected] <lt%[email protected]>> > > To: pate <[email protected] <lt%[email protected]>> > > Sent: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 6:03 pm > > Subject: [PATE] Native American Ancestor designation on US Censuses > > > > > > > > > > I found this very interesting thought I would share, perhaps many of you > already > > > > knew this anyway.? This is according to Ancestry Com, "Pay special > attention to > > the columns designating color and place of birth. You may find a Native > American > > > > ancestor listed as I, In, Ind, B (black) or M for mulatto. It might > change from > > census to census." > > > > Donna Hassan > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >
Was this on the original roll or added later On Jul 14, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Rebecca Hall wrote: > Jim, > > In order to be registered my ggrandfather's parents (on the Dawes rolls) had > to prove their Native American ancestry through a genealogy tree. I have > copies of the extensive paperwork done by my ancestors. > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Jim Pate <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When the Indians were signed upby the Dawes Commission just about anyone >> who wanted to be listed were accepted as Indian >> Sent from Jim Pate's IPad >> >> On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:27 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Donna that is a good point to make for those who may not realize those >> columns are important.? I was told all of my life that we had American >> Indian Blood on my fathers side of the family.? But DNA tells us no.? My >> great grandfather's brother is listed in Oklahoma as Indian, but that is >> because he married the niece of the governor and some how was listed on the >> Indian rolls.? A bit of crooked politics I assume.? They got lots of land >> and he even had a town named after him but he was no Indian. :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: DMariee <[email protected] <lt%[email protected]>> >>> To: pate <[email protected] <lt%[email protected]>> >>> Sent: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 6:03 pm >>> Subject: [PATE] Native American Ancestor designation on US Censuses >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I found this very interesting thought I would share, perhaps many of you >> already >>> >>> knew this anyway.? This is according to Ancestry Com, "Pay special >> attention to >>> the columns designating color and place of birth. You may find a Native >> American >>> >>> ancestor listed as I, In, Ind, B (black) or M for mulatto. It might >> change from >>> census to census." >>> >>> Donna Hassan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >>> 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 >> [email protected] 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 >> [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message