Dawes Packets
Records: 56,634Complete: 100%
NARA M1301. The Dawes Commission was appointed by President Cleveland to negotiate with five tribes. This series contains the original applications for tribal enrollments under the act of June 28, 1898, as well as supporting documents such as birth and death affidavits, marriage licenses, transcripts of testimony taken by the Commission, correspondence relating to the status of the application, and decisions and orders of the Dawes Commission.
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Fold3, Dawes Packets ( : accessed June 2, 2023), database and images,
- Publication Title
- Dawes Packets
- Total Records
- 56,634Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M1301
- Record Group
- 75
- Published on Fold3
- 07 Mar 2008
- Last Updated
- 12 Nov 2011
- Description
- NARA M1301. The Dawes Commission negotiated with tribal members who received common property in return for abolishing their tribal governments.