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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"Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/69/dawes-enrollment-cards: accessed August 11, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Dawes Enrollment Cards
- Total Records
- 63,550 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- 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.
