Dawes Enrollment Cards
Records: 63,550
Complete: 100%NARA M1186. Enrollment cards were created by the Dawes Commission to record information about family groups within the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole nations. They list family relationships, degree of native blood, age, tribal enrollment, and other data useful to establishing family connections and Native American ancestry.
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Source Information
Fold3, Dawes Enrollment Cards ( : accessed June 2, 2023), database and images,
- Publication Title
- Dawes Enrollment Cards
- Total Records
- 63,550 Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M1186
- Record Group
- 75
- Published on Fold3
- 04 Jun 2009
- Last Updated
- 15 Jun 2009
- Description
- NARA M1186. These enrollment cards are a census-like listing for members of five Native American tribes, 1898-1914.